A new strategy would start by recognising that the market alone can’t help many jobless Australians find work, writes Rob Sturrock.

Long-term unemployment remains a threat for young Australians, but blaming them for this situation is not supported by the facts.

The current federal employment services program, jobactive, aims to: help job-seekers find and keep a job; help job-seekers move from welfare to work; help job-seekers meet their mutual obligations. This audit assessed whether the Department of Employment effectively designed and monitors the progress of the jobactive program.

The report was prepared before the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent announcement of a six-month payment that effectively doubles the rate of the JobSeeker Allowance (Newstart) and Youth Allowance. Nonetheless, the report provides important insights that could be applied by government to effectively reduce long-term unemployment in the lead up to Australia's recovery from the...

This study focused on the perceptions and perspectives of people with intellectual disability working in open employment with support from Disability Employment Services (DES); supported employment through Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs); and social enterprise employment.