Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I'll take that interjection about 'workers' from those opposite. The fact of the matter is that our reforms have placed jobseekers into 23,500 jobs, and 8,600 of those jobs have been there for over six months. Participation in the program isn't at the woeful six per cent those opposite left us with. It is now, thanks to the coalition, at 73 per cent. This is working because we have listened to communities. They tell us: no work, no pay. The communities have said that at the heart of this is local service delivery. We are supporting 6,000 jobs, award wages, superannuation, leave entitlements. This is coming from the coalition. We are also changing some of the clunky Centrelink interactions. We are increasing the role of local organisations. So it's no surprise that it's working. We asked the communities. They've told the government what they would like to do, and that is exactly what we are delivering.