Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

The government has a number of employment programs, and these employment programs are designed to get people off welfare and into a job. They include, of course, jobactive; our Youth Jobs PaTH program, which looks at preparing our young people who are at risk of long-term unemployment, giving them the skills they need and the opportunity to undertake work; and, of course, ParentsNext, which is a pre-employment program designed for parents whose youngest child is entering school age and who need to get job ready. As a government we have in place the programs that are specifically designed to improve the employability of Australians so that they are able to take that next step and gain employment.

As we emerge from COVID-19, the government want to build on the record that we already have and improve services for our most affected regions, but also for our most disadvantaged jobseekers—putting in place the policy framework to ensure that those most disadvantaged are able to get into work. (Time expired)