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THE HON KATE ELLIS MP
MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT PARTICIPATION
AND CHILD CARE
MEDIA RELEASE
22 March 2011
Sector has their say in review of employment services
More than 150 stakeholders have made submissions to the Australian Government's review of national employment service arrangements.
Minister for Employment Participation, Kate Ellis today thanked the contributors for their feedback and suggestions to improve Job Services Australia (JSA) and Disability Employment Services (DES) arrangements from 1 July 2012.
"We received submissions from employment service providers, training organisations, job seekers and consumer organisations, employer associations and community and social policy groups."
"I'm pleased to see such a strong response from so many stakeholders. Their responses will be of great assistance to the Government as we consider how we can continue to improve our employment services," Ms Ellis said.
The written submissions were received as part of a public consultation process that also involved a range of discussions with academic, union, consumer groups, employer and employment services sector representatives.
Ms Ellis said that employment services play a vital role in lifting Australia's labour force participation, productivity and social inclusion.
"Overwhelmingly, the feedback indicated that the current arrangements are a considerable improvement over the previous programs."
"Feedback also confirms that the overall JSA and DES program models are working well and achieving good results for job seekers."
"There is always room for improvement however, particularly for people who are long-term unemployed or facing multiple disadvantage like homelessness or drug and alcohol abuse," Ms Ellis said.
In the first 18 months of operation, JSA providers secured more than 615,000 job placements for unemployed people.
The feedback from these consultations will help the Government further build on this performance.
The Australian Government expects to release details of the future arrangements for JSA and DES services later this year.
For further information on current DES and JSA programs visit www.deewr.gov.au/employment