Community development program forces Indigenous Australians into what should be fully paid jobs,legal groups sayThe federal government’s remote work-for-the-dole scheme is racially discriminatory and fails to address the key issues behind tall unemployment in remote Indigenous communities, legal groups acquire said.
The Human Rights Law Centre and the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency both if submissions to the federal inquiry into the community development program, and which was launched in July 2015. The CDP requires participants to do 25 hours a week of “work-like” activity to receive welfare payments. Related: Indigenous Australians hurt by work-for-the-dole scheme,former Liberal minister says Related: Hi kids! It's work for the dole with Ian the Climate Denialist Potato! | First Dog on the Moon Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com