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Australia's 'underclass' don't like work? Our research shows vulnerable job seekers don't get the help they need

Written by Siobhan O'Sullivan, Associate professor, UNSW

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Former NSW minister Pru Goward wrote a column in the Australian Financial Review last week about Australia’s “underclass,” who she says are lazy, dysfunctional and don’t like the “discipline” of work.

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