Modernising Welfare

A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will modernise Australia’s welfare system – to spread the dignity and purpose of work, end the corrosive aimlessness of welfare and bring more Australians into mainstream economic and social life.

We will create better opportunities and require greater responsibility – building on the reforms we have delivered during the past three years to education, welfare and employment services.

In every step we take to improve opportunities for children, parents and jobseekers, we will match them with clearer responsibilities – to participate in study, training or work, and to make sure that children are getting the support and care they need to develop well.

Australia is in a strong position to create opportunity because it is creating jobs.

There is nothing more important in managing the Australian economy than to ensure that every Australian has the opportunity to work.

Modernisng Welfare Fact Sheet