Vital Centrelink and Medicare services and payments to Australians could be disrupted if a planned union-led strike at Services Australia goes ahead on Monday 9 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to media reports it could involve almost 30 per cent of Services Australia\u2019s 34,000 strong workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy Paul Fletcher said the strike is another example of an embattled agency which is out of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cServices Australia is in crisis under Government Services Minister Bill Shorten,\u201d Mr Fletcher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe know that Services Australia provides a range of supports to the most vulnerable and it would be unacceptable for these services to be disrupted by the strike, especially in this cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMr Shorten must explain which services will be affected and what will be done to cater for those who require assistance on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor Services Australia to simply say they are \u2018making preparations to minimise potential disruption to our customers\u2019 isn\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe public deserve to know the facts, including exactly what services will be adversely impacted, whether claims processing will be pushed out, and what local service centres will be disrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Services Australia is fast becoming a basket case under Labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf Services Australia is to get back on track, there needs to be a root and branch review of this critical agency, with a strong focus on how to improve customer service, drive digital transformation and better understand the expectations of customers,\u201d Mr Fletcher said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vital Centrelink and Medicare services and payments to Australians could be disrupted if a planned union-led strike at Services Australia goes ahead on Monday 9 October. According to media reports it could involve almost 30 per cent of Services Australia\u2019s 34,000 strong workforce. Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy Paul Fletcher said … Continue reading “Services Australia strike to impact the most vulnerable”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23321,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23320\/revisions\/23321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}