Focus on jobless need, Anglicare tells Abbott

By Judith Ireland
Updated July 10 2014 - 10:13am, first published 7:30am
The McClure review suggests that the government's "stronger employment focus" overlooks individual need. Photo: Marina Neil
The McClure review suggests that the government's "stronger employment focus" overlooks individual need. Photo: Marina Neil

The Abbott government needs to focus on individuals and what is going on in their lives, rather than forcing them into intensive job searching, if it is to fix long-term unemployment, one of the country's biggest providers of community services says.

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