ParentsNext

The federal government will abolish its ParentsNext scheme from next year, while compulsory requirements for its participants will be stopped immediately. 

ParentsNext monitors parents’ activities for Centrelink payments. Eve Vincent talks to single mothers about the indignity.

Parents are once again stressed-out about the reporting requirements and the threat of losing their ParentsNext payments. writes Simone Casey.

ParentsNext compels mothers into makework rather than work and devalues the unpaid caring work they do, writes Elise Klein and Eve Vincent.

The ParentsNext program doesn’t help most parents to become more job ready or give them the support needed to find a job.

These complexities were not worked into the existing ParentsNext framework, and as such, the policy requires urgent attention.