Over the past two weeks I have had several interactions with my local Centrelink office and discovered they have really cracked down on identity fraud. Regardless that when I went onto the aged pension I had to provide 100 points of ID, I now have to provide my birth certificate as well.
On top of this, they are double checking all parenting claims and any one who is taking a child into their care, now has to provide a ream of proof of that child living with them, as well as a comprehensive reason why that child is changing carers. Even if the current carer and the new carer go into the office together to transfer the child over, this is refused. The old carer has to stop all payments and the new carer has to go through the whole application process, providing all the details I just listed.
It’s not just dole recipients who are committing fraud. Almost every single mother I know who is claiming a pension, has a man living with her. This is very difficult for Centrelink to monitor as the men use a different address for tax or Centrelink purposes and it’s hard to get proof of residence without setting up surveillance of the house. Most of these women have children to the man, some have several children but still claim single status.

Big Nana Paul Individual, please let me be clear, I am opposed forever to the so called crack downs that harm the innocent
Too am not suggesting that horrible thing done to our first people in far out places
They, without means to travel are given work for the dole hundreds of Ks away
I know how hard some struggle to find work that does not exist, saw people twice kill them selves
Apple tree creek Queensland, a youth then I carried night soil on my shoulder and picked the rubbish bin up on the way out
Willing then and now to do any work I was given
But within a generation my scheme would be seen for what it was meant to be, a less risky way, a more inclusive way, to pay unemployment benefits
Man tourist centers, even take tourists on tours you come up with the jobs, REMEMBER if indys system is to get a run, make it for the young, not military but know 30 to 65 year old,s are unemployed too
Rather than combat as Scomo thrives on why not put such brave new plans in place

Could someone please explain to me how the unemployment rate and participation rate are calculated? I just saw the figures of 5.3% and 66.7% respectively released on ABC News. (Yes I know what some of you are going to say: ABC liars! Communist-Socialist plot! Not true - real figures are minus 10% and minus 100% as a result of LNP policy, etc, etc.).

This post is about frauds I know of, my own family, too long ago to offend , helped bring up 5 kids, their grand mum, my mum spoiled them
Eldest, on hearing he had to prove he was looking for a job screamed! thats not fair!
Sydney suburb, once lived there for a while, but long after it is a conclave for one race, local Doctor has given a lot help to get on the disability pension, some never worked a single day after coming here twenty years ago
35 year old near here, got him a job, lasted two days , said it interfered with his life style that was his ONLY JOB EVER
Family, very big one, known as the we don't eat much mob, because they arrive en mass at meal times
All on social welfare all boys have served time but never worked
My honest thought is we can and must do better flogging the lot because of the mentioned failures is wrong

The unemployed are stigmatised by stereotyping them Belly. As with politicians, all politicians are budging criminals. It's how it works.

Dan

Individual,

"It's not to do with saving money, it's about saving our society !"

Well my plan doesn't save money except in regards to no longer paying people who aren't genuinely unemployed, and isn't about saving money.

I don't know what you mean by "saving our society" and how my plan doesn't advance that.

Belly,

"m haze your plan reintroduces class warfare"

I suspect that's just something you say when you don't want to address an issue...but please explain HOW it causes class warfare.