Politics Centrelink

[radiojake]

Good friend of mine worked at Centrelink years ago way before I met them (I'm thinking 15 years ago or so)

Got into it with a genuine naive belief they would be able to help people

KPIs were so brutal (6 mins max for phone calls etc etc - rarely enough time to work out what people needed) and the culture was horrible - they didn't last long

Can only imagine how much worse it would be now

 

[Freomaniac]

Half what it is now.

So.... The current jobseeker fortnightly payments is $786.80.

So half of that?

Yet people in DSP are on $1116 a fortnight?

Yep sounds fair.

 

[Kram]

We have a government body ramping up interest rates to increase unemployment.

Dont know what its like elswhere but it's still hard for employers to find workers in WA at all levels, skilled or unskilled.

 

[Chief]

Dont know what its like elswhere but it's still hard for employers to find workers in WA at all levels, skilled or unskilled.

I'd compare rental prices and property prices. WA more or less expensive than eastern states?