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Kevin Green recalls the stormy December night in 1959 when the ill-fated trawler George Robb went down off Duncansby Head
Department of employment intended to ban practice before reversing course after ‘strong feedback’ from industry
Mutual obligations system will require people to complete an expanded range of activities to keep their payments
As Victoria's snap lockdown looks likely to drag on, small business owners are calling for JobKeeper (or something like it) to be reinstated.
Last modified on Wed 12 May 2021 02.34 EDT Fewer jobseekers will have face-to-face meetings with employment services providers when the jobactive program is scrapped next year, in a digital overhaul that will cut government spending on employment services by $860.4m. Despite the pandemic pushing more people into the employment services system, the four-year savings continue the trend of cutting spending in the area, after last year’s budget also banked about $1.4bn. The budget papers show the flagship jobactive program will be replaced by a so-called “New Employment Services Model” from...