Amanda Rishworth

Amanda Rishworth says jobseekers will no longer be forced to submit ‘endless’ pointless job applications

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth has announced changes to welfare obligations, ending the requirement for jobseekers to submit endless, unsuitable job applications. While these reforms introduce tailored support streams for different needs, welfare advocates remain critical. They argue that the privatised employment services model has failed and should be abolished entirely.

Labor to announce easing of jobseeker mutual obligations requirements in major overhaul of employment system

Australia politics live: Rishworth says jobseeker changes to address ‘varying quality’ of for-profit job providers

Is the government really overhauling employment services?

analysis Is the government really overhauling employment services, or tinkering at the edges of a broken system? Sun 31 May 2026 at 5:00am Is the Albanese government planning the biggest shake-up to the employment services system in 30 years? That's what it claimed last week.

Single, lost and desperate, Harsimran turned to an 'employment mentor'

Hopes 'tailored' assistance from revamped Workforce Australia will get more diverse jobseekers into work Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 4:59am After moving cities to Melbourne in 2023, domestic violence survivor and single mother Harsimran faced big challenges finding work. Harsimran, a pseudonym, had only recently come to Australia from India. "At first I was struggling," she told ABC News.