Updated May 27, 2026 – 8.27am, first published at May 26, 2026 – 10.00pmThe Albanese government will rewrite the rules dole recipients must meet to keep their payments, overhauling the $2 billion-a-year employment services system to sort jobseekers into three tiers of support and push private providers to focus on long-term welfare dependents, whose ranks have swelled over the past decade.Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth will announce the end of “one size fits all” requirements for jobseekers in a speech on Wednesday that will kickstart development of a new model to get private service providers to work harder for their money by focusing on those most in need.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Jobseeker rules to change in major Labor revamp
The government will transform obligations for dole recipients as the number of those on unemployment benefits for five years or more climbs to 20 per cent.
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