Labor ditches Coalition’s $2.5m ‘jobdobber’ hotline for employers

The service let employers report jobseekers who rejected jobs or submitted inappropriate applications

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The Labor government has “decommissioned” the Coalition’s controversial $2.5m “dobseeker” or “jobdobber” hotline, after it found few cases of non-compliance among jobseekers.

The hotline, announced in February 2021 as part of a small uplift to welfare benefits, was set up to let employers report jobseekers who turned down jobs or submitted inappropriate applications.

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