A Shorten Labor Government will create 50 permanent full time Department of Human Services jobs to benefit the South Coast region including in Nowra, Ulladulla and Batemans Bay.
\nThese 50 new, secure jobs will inject up to $3.6 million into the local economy each and every year.
\nIt is a further example of Federal Labor\u2019s commitment to the decentralisation of Commonwealth Government service delivery.
\nThe 50 jobs will include local service delivery and call centre roles that will provide support for people across Australia.
\nRegional centres like Nowra have been ignored when it comes to decentralising Government service delivery.
\nThe Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has turned its back on Gilmore, with a campaign of cuts to Centrelink and Medicare that are leaving Nowra residents waiting longer to receive support.
\nMedicare and Centrelink services help the Nowra and surrounding communities when they need it the most \u2013 when people are sick, processing aged care pensions, child care support, disability support pensions and carers allowance payments.
\nThese jobs will improve access to Medicare and Centrelink and reduce waiting and processing time for older Australians – important services that have been left to deteriorate under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government.
\nIncome support is complex and that\u2019s why it is important there are properly trained and permanent staff who are familiar with the personal circumstances facing income support recipients.
\nThere are 27,700 age pensioners in Gilmore, who have faced lengthy phone wait times to Centrelink and for their pensions to be approved. There are also nearly 6000 recipients of Carers Allowance, over 7000 recipients of a Disability Support Pension and over 10,000 recipients of Family Tax Benefits in Gilmore \u2013 who will all benefit from the increased support as a result of these jobs.
\nThe truth is Centrelink is in crisis under the Morrison Government. It’s under staffed and\u00a0under resourced.
\nThe Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has cut and outsourced over 2,700 staff from DHS and Centrelink and cut thousands of public sector jobs in regional Australia.
\nThese cuts have coincided with increased Centrelink phone wait times, and income support recipients being pushed to the edge of poverty waiting months for their payments.
\nThese roles will be permanent and full time and staff will be properly trained to assist Australians on income support.
\nLabor can afford this because we have made the tough decisions to make multinationals pay their fair share of tax and will close tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
\nWe will also clamp down on blowouts in spending on contractors and consultants, and unnecessary and unreasonable travel.
\nLabor is focused on more jobs and services for Nowra and the South Coast region \u2013 we\u2019re listening to the local community and making the investments needed to build a stronger local economy and create genuine job opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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