‘Reckless’ govt policy costs $431k to fill just 76 jobs

Labelled a “reckless” waste of money by the Opposition, just 500 out of 15,000 people who signed up to the much-heralded JobsFinder Queenslander portal since its launch by former treasurer Jackie Trad in April were matched with a job.But only 76 of those actually went on to work the 40 hours required by the government to consider the placement a success, an Employment Department spokesman said.

The result comes as 214,000 Queenslanders sit in the unemployment queue,…



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