The Greens say they are extremely disappointed that the disallowance to make ParentsNext voluntary did not succeed.
\nThe Greens are now calling on the Government to withdraw the regulation making ParentsNext compulsory following the Joint Human Rights Committee finding that it is incompatible with the human rights of parents and their children.
\n\u201cParentsNext is a degrading, punitive and coercive program\u201d, Senator Rachel Siewert said.
\n\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed and distressed for the parents stuck in this punitive program.
\n\u201cI tried to disallow this program back in 2018 and it\u2019s devastating to think of the harm this program has caused since then.
\n\u201cThe Government needs to reconsider, look at the very clear evidence and withdraw the regulation and make the program voluntary.
\n\u201cThis program punishes and stigmatises single mothers.
\n“Rather than being supported to raise their children women are being subjected to a mandatory program that is resulting in adverse outcomes such as having to give up work days and study to meet program requirements or lose their payments because their children\u2019s medical appointments conflict with appointments with providers.
\n“This Government has an ideological approach to people on income support and it was heartbreaking to read the submissions to this inquiry, because the same issues we examined during the 2018 Senate inquiry are happening over and over again.”
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