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I always wanted to write a book and here it is!!! Women and Welfare Conditionality shows how women's lives are shaped by work and welfare laws past and present. Benefit sanctions don't work but do huge harm to women and children. Policy Press Urban Studies & Social Policy University of Glasgow

In today’s post, moderator Simone Casey laments delays to reform that mean fundamental changes to how people are treated when they are looking for work are still too far away. powertopersuade.org.au/blog/when-5-ye…

My The Guardian story: Black and minority ethnic universal credit claimants disproportionately likely to be hit with benefit sanctions, new official statistics published for the first time shows theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

I think I may have inadvertently made tea a key issue in the debate about the future of Jobcentres! 😳🫖 I shared a story from my time at DWP at the launch of the report that Polly Toynbee has written about here & it seemed to strike a chord... 🧵theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New one from me with thanks to reviewers and Australian Journal of Social Issues Robo‐compliance in Australian employment services - Casey - Australian Journal of Social Issues - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…

If anyone ever doubted there is a power imbalance that enables private providers to abuse their powers to suspend payments, this important briefing from AUWU explains how it happens because of the gap between the street-level and contract administration

New revelations have exposed the continued abuse of vulnerable Australians by privatised employment services under Workforce Australia. The government has failed to hold these providers to account -what is the point of a ... johnmenadue.com/payslip-harass…

In today’s post, Robyn Hansen explores the private and public costs of relegating people outside the workforce to the ‘waste heap’: They Lie — Power to Persuade via ⁦Antipoverty Centre⁩ powertopersuade.org.au/blog/they-lie/…

The Bureau has issued a severe weather warning for DAMAGING WINDS #melbweather #melbourneweather #Melbourne bom.gov.au/products/IDV21…

Australia’s points system for jobseekers is failing 4 in 10, putting their payments at risk theconversation.com/australias-poi… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

41% of Australians on Jobseeker are struggling to collect the number of points needed to stay on benefits writes Simone Casey from RMIT University #ausecon #auspol theconversation.com/australias-poi…

As we noted in a recent issues paper, "complaints about the complaints process [in employment services] is one of the top 5 reasons for complaints being made" — so we are pleased to hear about the Govt's planned reform, announced on Fri. Our media release: buff.ly/4iuxkvC

be safe out there, and remember mutual obligations are paused until Jan 6 xoxo abc.net.au/news/2024-12-1…

Interesting analysis in here!

“Provider viability”. Two words we are sick of hearing. Senator Murray Watt should act in the interests of poor people, not poverty profiteers: pause “mutual” obligations immediately and work with welfare recipients to design a high quality, voluntary, public sector employment service.

jeremy poxon It’s true there are $7 billion in Workforce Australia contracts, but it’s not the real cost. The Workforce Australia inquiry was told the full cost of all programs, including DES and others, is $4 billion A YEAR. And that doesn’t include the cost of public servants who run it.

This blog draws attention to the ideological battle was evident in last week's Senate Estimates debates about errors in the so called "Targeted Compliance Framework" and the government's response to them: powertopersuade.org.au/blog/the-tcf-i…

Anyone know the asking price for a pair of regurgitated toes, asking for a friend...

DEWR has announced the decision to pause reductions and cancellations of people's social security payments while they determine whether or not penalties have been administered lawfully. Our media release here: buff.ly/PaofABO

The Cth Ombud has announced they have "expanded the initial scope of our investigation" into potentially unlawful cancellation of JobSeeker payments. We welcome this important and necessary development, in the hope it leads to abolishing the TCF including payment suspensions.