Saturday, 16 July 2022

Sixty-three-year-old jobseeker forced to make 250km round trip to keep welfare benefits

Woman from Yorketown in South Australia has been referred to a job agency in Kadina under new Workforce Australia program

A 63-year-old woman from regional South Australia needs to make a 250km round trip to meet her mutual obligations and keep her benefits under the new $1.5bn-a-year Workforce Australia program.

Michelle*, who lives in Yorketown, on the Yorke Peninsula, has been referred to a job agency in Kadina, about one-and-a-half-hours’ drive or 125km from her home.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/Llb0hz6

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