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Australia's social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, defended the jobseeker program's for-profit elements during a recent interview. She stated that changes are being made to address the varying quality of these job providers. Additionally, the eSafety commissioner reported ongoing investigations into social media platforms regarding compliance with under-16s regulations.
- ▪Amanda Rishworth is the social services minister in Australia.
- ▪Rishworth defended the for-profit aspects of the jobseeker program.
- ▪The eSafety commissioner is investigating five social media platforms for compliance issues.
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2m ago16.20 EDTWelcomeGood morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.The social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, was on 7.30 last night defending her decision not to get rid of the controversial for-profit aspects of the jobseeker program. More coming up.The eSafety commissioner told Senate estimates last night that she is yet to finalise the investigations into five social media platforms for failing to comply with the under-16s social media ban, stating that she doesn’t have a “fine-issuing button” to deal with the problem. More to follow.Share
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