The government cracks down on which organisations can use job seekers chasing mutual obligations points as volunteers, after questions from the ABC led to an admission it mistakenly approved a political party.
Without a certain number of points each month, payments can be suspended.Someone with a 100-point target doing Work for the Dole full-time would only get 20 points a week, meaning they would need to accrue more points on top of that to keep their payment
"We have taken immediate action to remove Legalise Cannabis NSW as an approved voluntary work organisation and have notified them," the spokesperson said, adding the party was on the approval list for approximately three weeks.The spokesperson said a "very small number" of job seekers ultimately ended up volunteering for points through the party.
The Legalise Cannabis NSW example has raised further concerns about the transparency and administration of mutual obligations.She has been receiving Centrelink parenting payments while looking for part-time work and raising her daughter as a single mum.To keep receiving welfare support, the 37-year-old is required to apply for eight jobs per month and to prove she has not refused any reasonable opportunity.
Jess said it was important to keep political bodies out of the mutual obligations system to avoid "muddying the waters".The situation has raised wider questions about transparency with the mutual obligations system. "So you put people at risk and provide no accountability for the public to understand and scrutinise what types of organisations are getting free labour from welfare recipients."
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