Media Release - Review of Job Services Australia provider brokered outcomes
Date published :
20
April
2012
THE HON KATE ELLIS MP
Minister for Employment Participation
Minister for Early Childhood and Child Care
MEDIA RELEASE
20 April 2010
Review of Job Services Australia provider brokered
outcomes
The Australian Government has today released the review of
Jobs Services Australia (JSA) provider brokered outcomes,
which was commissioned by Minister for Employment Participation,
Kate Ellis in December 2011 in response to claims of inappropriate
JSA provider behaviour. The review, which was overseen by Mr Robert
Butterworth, involved a comprehensive audit of 14 organisations at
87 sites confirms the necessity of the strong action that was taken
by the Government to reform the JSA payment system last month.
While JSA continues to perform better than the previous system, the
review has shown evidence of inappropriate claims of provider
brokered outcomes. As soon as the early findings of the review were
identified, the Australian Government moved quickly to amend all
new employment services contracts so that there is no longer scope
for providers to exploit the system.
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