Labor eyeing changes to ‘punitive’ mutual obligations for jobseekers, draft party platform suggests

Long overdue, although the wording doesn't seem to be at all certain:

Labor will review the nature and extent of mutual obligations and develop a revised approach that provides the help people need and is based on trust and shared accountabilities for government, service providers and job seekers.

"Shared accountabilities" sounds a lot like mutual obligations, so I hope the actual implementation does cut WFTD (and other pointless and punitive busy work).

Also, Dutton showing how in touch with the times he is:

In May the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, called for work for the dole to be reinstated, apparently unaware that the program still exists.

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I'll believe it when I see it
Long overdue, although the wording doesn't seem to be at all certain:
Labor will review the nature and extent of mutual obligations and develop a revised approach that provides the help people need and is based on trust and shared accountabilities for government, service providers and job seekers.
"Shared accountabilities" sounds a lot like mutual obligations, so I hope the actual implementation does cut WFTD (and other pointless and punitive busy work).
Also, Dutton showing how in touch with the times he is:
In May the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, called for work for the dole to be reinstated, apparently unaware that the program still exists.
Labor pretending to care again, I see. Always "eyeing", always "considering", never actually doing anything.