The Sydney Morning Herald
The $4.7 billion welfare-to-work scheme is at ”high risk” of being defrauded by the government’s designated employment agencies, according to a confidential federal government assessment.
The assessment was ordered after an external audit of the Job Services Australia program last year identified more than $100 million in fees in just two years had been improperly claimed.
April 06, 2014
Stephen Drill
News Limited
JOBSEEKERS are angry that job agencies are advertising for staff without having positions to fill, as the fight for work in Victoria intensifies.
And the ACTU and charity group Vinnies have raised concerns about unemployed people getting pushed into training that does not lead to genuine jobs.
Victoria is now the hardest places to get a job in Australia, with almost nine unemployed people for every vacancy.
That comes after cuts at Boeing last week and the planned closure of manufacturing at Holden, Toyota and Ford.