Ministry for Participation

Just how Orwellian is the Howard regime prepared to become? There really, and truly is a Minister For Participation, Peter Dutton. "The new Minister for Participation, Peter Dutton stated that: " a combination of coercion and incentive could be used to get people off the pension." "With the Federal Government controlling the Senate from 1 July 2005, it will be able to pass legislation without the need to negotiate with other political parties." Welfare Rights Australia in the "Rights Review" report that after the 2004 Federal election: " Policy responsibility for Newstart Allowance, Disability Support Pension, Parenting Payment and Youth Allowance (unemployed) has been shifted from the Department of Family and Community Services (DFACS) to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)." "DEWR is far more ideological and hard-line than DFACS. It refers to the unemployed people passing through the Job Network as “stock flows” and is far more numbers and “outcomes” focused."