Concerns welfare program leads to poverty

A government program that cuts welfare payments to parents who don't complete training is a pathway to homelessness not employment, a Senate inquiry has heard.

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A federal government program that forces parents to complete training to get their welfare payments is a pathway to homelessness, a Senate inquiry has heard.

National Council of Single Mothers and their Children chief executive Terese Edwards said the punitive nature of the program - which suspends payments if certain activities are not met - is not helping participants into employment.

The ParentsNext program should be immediately made voluntary, she told the inquiry in Melbourne on Wednesday.

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By May Rizk
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