Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

I say again that it is extremely unfortunate for those organisations that have missed out that they have not been successful. This, though, is a new system. It is not based on the previous conveyor belt—the one size fits all. This is about getting it right for job seekers and it is also about getting it right for the long-term unemployed—the long-term unemployed that the previous government really did not care about. I am very sorry that organisations have missed out in the competitive process. I am very sorry, but, in the end, this is about putting job seekers first.