Centrelink mutual obligations

Nearly 800,000 Australian job seekers are about to be moved to a new service called Workforce Australia; A new points-based system for mutual obligations is ...

But being in a small town, they still give you the same amount [to do]." "I'm worried that if what I have to do for Centrelink becomes physically too demanding on me, will I have to drop out of study? "Mutual obligations are unrealistic when you live in a small town. "It's stressing a lot of people out and a lot of people are really scared, especially people with health issues and people with children," she said. "We're going to have people trying to figure out how to navigate a new system at the same time as worrying about losing their payment at a time when costs are out of control," she said. Kristin O'Connell, a spokesperson from the Antipoverty Centre, said the "dramatic" changes have not been explained in enough detail, causing fear and confusion among the hundreds of thousands of people to whom it will apply.