Commitment to review welfare rules for unemployed people has lifted expectations the government will axe requiurements such as work for the dole
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Mutual obligations can be “punitive” and a barrier to employment, according to the Labor Party’s draft national platform, which advocates have welcomed as a step towards dumping requirements such as work for the dole.
The draft platform, sent to delegates on Monday ahead of Labor’s national conference in August, has dropped reference to supporting a “fair” system of mutual obligations alongside a range of other changes recognising affordable housing as a human right and recommitting to end LGBTIQ+ vilification.
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