Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

FARUQI () (): I move Greens amendment (1) on sheet 2032:

(1) Schedule 1, item 13, page 5 (line 9), at the end of paragraph 9(1)(cc), add ", and support, where appropriate, the evaluation of outcomes of relevant programs and the measurement of targets for these cohorts".

This amendment expands the functions of the JSA so that it not only undertakes studies on opportunities to improve employment, VET and higher education outcomes for a cohort of individuals that have historically experienced labour market disadvantages and exclusion but also has a role in supporting the evaluation of outcomes of relevant programs and the measurement of targets of these cohorts, because that's what's really important. We need to measure how things are progressing. This will give JSA a greater potential to genuinely improve outcomes for women, for over-55s, for people with disability, for young people, for unpaid carers, for First Nations people and for people of colour. I understand that the government will be supporting this amendment, and I thank Minister O'Connor's office for the positive working relationship we've had to date.