Sick or disabled people on Newstart face ‘unrealistic’ obligations to find work

The growing number of Newstart recipients who are sick or have disabilities face “unrealistic” mutual obligations to find work and sometimes have their impairments exacerbated while struggling on welfare payments, a new research paper says.

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Topics:
Centrelink

Author:
Luke Henriques-Gomes

Source:
The Guardian

Date published:
Thu 5th Mar, 2020