Employment services overhaul is 'narrowly designed', expert says | ABC NEWS
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The government has proposed a major shake-up of the employment services accessed by more than 1 million Australians, which would split people seeking employment into three tiers with different levels of support. Dr Christopher Rudge says the overhaul does not do enough to fix existing infrastructure problems and focuses disproportionately on the long-term unemployed cohort. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-27/jobseeker-unemployment-overhaul/106725618 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #abcnewschannel
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