Centrelink resumes mutual obligations, warns of cut-offs as compensation scheme opens for 50,000
Job seekers face four-week suspensions for failing to meet requirements; government invites applications for unlawful cancellations
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has reinstated mutual obligation requirements for Centrelink job seekers, effective immediately, warning that recipients who fail to comply risk having their payments suspended or cancelled. The move comes as the government invites more than 50,000 welfare recipients to apply for compensation after an investigation found hundreds of payments were unlawfully stopped.