FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2022 - JOBS AUSTRALIA PRIORITY COMMITMENTS
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FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2022 JOBS AUSTRALIA PRIORITY COMMITMENTS Jobs Australia represents Member organisations who work and deliver services that improve the lives of their clients. Those clients are Australians who are striving for full, meaningful and rewarding lives based on a sense of balanced well-being. Jobs Australia’s membership are Not for Profit, for purpose organisations who provide diverse employment services and pathways, education, training and skills development and community and social services.
Job Australia seeks commitment to the following important priorities from all the political parties and
independent candidates in the Federal election on 21 May 2022:
Mental Health Care
o Increase capacity to deliver mental health services for all Australians by 100%
o Australian society has been impacted by the pandemic and recent natural disasters, so that support for mental health
and wellbeing is a priority for all. The mental health issues were escalating prior to the pandemic and this crisis is
taking a huge toll on Australians
o The seriousness of the problem can be addressed by developing priority policy and strong leadership with
commitment to a long term vision
o Increase the number of consults per year to 20
o Reduce the wait time to access mental health professionals to 1 week without emergency triage
Low Income and Disadvantaged People
o PAYG taxation for low-income earners - Lift the tax-free threshold to $25,000 per annum
o Increase income support payments to at least $75 a day; and
• Create a payment to supplement costs of raising children for single parents
• Adjust the Commonwealth-paid rental support payment to ensure people on the lowest incomes, especially
single parents, can better cover the cost of rent
• All payments to be indexed and adjusted accordingly, with movements in Consumer Price Index
Employment Opportunity
o Build a jobs guarantee/capability for every Australian and deliver against a commitment to full employment to ensure
that everyone gets a job
o Increase local jobs and skills hubs in number to 350 (from current 51) and ensure education, training, mental and
related health industries are included, with technology to streamline services to ensure a ‘client centric’ approach
o Redesign the services provided by current Employment Services Providers to enable the provision of employment
services to not only include unemployed people, but also underemployed people who want to work more hours, and/
or people re-entering the workforce
o Include highly experienced providers, to enable practical industry knowledge/best practice to inform future modellingEmployment Opportunity Continued
o Return qualitative assessment to all Employment Services Providers and other commissioned support programs, so
that quality of servicing is as important as successful employment outcomes
o Review and reduce the period of time that participants are self-managing in Workforce Australia to 3 months
(standalone), and provide access to Employment Services Providers bi-monthly to ensure continuity of servicing until
the end of 1st year of unemployment
o Commit to all people being able to work the hours they need, and at least at minimum/pro rata wage income
o Continue the current Disability Employment Services (DES) program with renewed performance evaluation for a
further 24 months, with commitment to data analysis and research that supports best practice
o Commitment to postpone Disability Employment Service (DES) tender for 2 years and implement an in-depth data
study on best practice delivery of DES in conjunction with the sector
Education, Training, Skills Development and Apprenticeships
o Access to free or affordable education and training for all
o Extend funding to the local jobs and skills hubs, to include local community supports in health and well-being
including mental health, secondary and non-tertiary education (including apprenticeships) and housing, as well as
employment to ensure continuity of service delivery, adaptation, secure jobs, prevent loss of jobs or income, and
guarantee paid leave for all workers
o Education reform to align with reform in other sectors and not be isolated
o Commitment to support and enhance the disability services sector with appropriate training and staffing to deliver
appropriate, safe and respectful care
o Increase the numbers, capability, and capacity of private registered training organisations in regional and remote
Australia to enable greater training opportunity and remove organisation referral restrictions
Safe Housing For All Australians
o Houses for low-income earners by constructing a minimum of 50,000 new houses for social accommodation by
2026
o Increase government investment in social housing stock long-term to deliver an ongoing pipeline of at least 2,500
units of new stock at any time. Ensure that construction teams include skills-qualified/being qualified people from
long term unemploymentYouth Services and Opportunity
o Transition to Work (TtW) available for all students to allow all Australian students to have experienced paid work
via TtW program before the end of year 12
o Commit to the ongoing support of young people between age 15 – 24 years to be able to develop skills, undertake
training and receive support to achieve life goals, by expanding TtW to all young people
Social and Community Services
o Review current deficiencies in child-care and ensure every working parent has access to childcare. Single parents
earning under $75,000 and couples earning under a combined $90,000 to have access to childcare without fees
o Close the digital divide across urban, rural, remote and isolated Australia. All Australians must have equity to support
their lives with digital connectivity
o Accelerate Closing the Gap and bring on the Treaty by identifying how to reduce elapsed time on Closing the Gap
and recommend, implement, and legislate Statement of the Heart. Also complete the Treaty between all Indigenous
Australian people and the Federal Government
Inclusion and Diversity
o No group of people regardless of race, status, identity and ability should be denied opportunity for employment,
training, safety, health care and social services
o Legislate the number of placements into the workforce for specific groups of people as has been legislated for
Indigenous Australian employment, which may include, women, people with disability, LBGTQI+, refugees, and CALD
o Commit to an inclusion policy that allows the development of strategies to engage people that are disengaged from
the system to enter or re-enter the workforce
o Commit to continued support and recognition of the work delivered by the Not for Profit sector, by increasing funding
to those who deliver services, support communities and mobilise millions of volunteer hours
Jobs Australia approaches the representation and engagement of membership with consideration of the
following aspects of a meaningful life being the principles of a balanced wellbeing
• Social Justice – fairness, equity, law abiding, morale and ethical “right thing”
• Home – where one chooses to live should offer safety, security, fundamental amenities, that is
“food and shelter”
• Work – meaningful contribution to community/society which will be an individual aspiration of a
job (paid), volunteers, sports participation, community involvement
• Health – includes the full scope of physical, psychological, spiritual health providing absence of
sickness, managed chronic illness, mental health management and care, living well with disability
• Social Connection – being connected to family, friends, networks, community groups and support
communitiesJobs Australia Full Members are Not for Profit organisations who provide diverse employment
services and pathways, education, training and skills development programs.
Jobs Australia Associate Members are Not for Profit community and social service organisations that
directly or indirectly assist people to fully participate in society economically and socially through the
services they deliver.
Jobs Australia membership includes access to numerous bespoke services:
• Membership Services
• Insurance Products
• Training and Consultancy Services
• Professional HRM/IR Advice
• Tailored Services and Products
• Awards, Pay Tables and
Agreements
• Representation
• Bespoke Events
• Subscriptions
• Communities of Interest
GET IN TOUCH
Contact
Jobs Australia Limited ABN: 17 007 263 916
Level 4, 100 Dorcas Street
South Melbourne, 3205
General Enquiries
03 9349 3699
Freecall
1800 331 915
General Enquiries Email
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