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Recommendations

Recommendation 1

3.66 The Committee recommends that the Government closely examine the interface between further education, welfare and the needs of a changing labour market on a periodic basis.

Recommendation 2

3.106 The Committee recommends that the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations reassess which of the guidelines under the package are to be disallowable by the Parliament; that is, that it ensure key aspects of the guidelines be determined by disallowable instruments. This will ensure consistency in application as well as appropriate Parliamentary scrutiny. In particular, the Committee recommends that guidelines dealing with what constitutes unsuitable paid employment, special family circumstances, suitable and unsuitable activities for participation, and compliance issues are based on disallowable instruments.

Recommendation 3

3.111 The Committee recommends that the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations table in the Parliament, on an annual basis, key data on the implementation of the Welfare to Work package.

Recommendation 4

3.115 The Committee recommends that an automatic exemption from participation requirements be extended to parents of large families.

Recommendation 5

3.117 The Committee reports to the Senate that it has considered the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005 and recommends that the Bill, subject to recommendation 4, be passed.

Recommendation 6

4.16 The Committee reports to the Senate that it has considered the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005 and recommends that the Bill be passed without amendment.

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