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"If we all speak, they cannot deny what is happening to us": the power imbalance in mutual obligation for young jobseekers
"If we all speak, they cannot deny what is happening to us": the power imbalance in mutual obligation for young jobseekers

This week's posts are being sourced and moderated by the Antipoverty Centre (@antipovertycent) to spark thinking and discussion about welfare conditionality ahead of the federal election. In today’s article, a young person describes the cruel bureaucracy people on JobSeeker and some other Centrelink payments must navigate under the regime of compulsory activities called “mutual” obligations. This byzantine compliance system is delivered by privatised job agencies at a cost of $4 billion per year and was recently revealed to be operating unlawfully. The author has asked to remain anonymous.

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Advocacy, Antipoverty CentrePower to Persuadeunemployment, welfare-to-work, welfare conditionality
Alone Australian or collaboration for the nation we want?
Alone Australian or collaboration for the nation we want?

Dr Millie Rooney, co-director of Australia Remade and long-time contributor here at Power to Persuade, has had some great ideas for new reality TV shows, following the success of ‘Alone Australia’. The question is - do we have contestants going it alone to survive, or a team effort to re-imagine a way for everyone to thrive?

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Advocacy, Antipoverty Centre, Innovation, Issues, Lived experience, Policy and governancePower to PersuadePolicy making, media, Poverty, welfare reform, welfare conditionality, Public Servants, public service