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Remote work-for-the-dole participants penalised for factors beyond their control

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Bundaberg's Centrelink office is one of busiest in the country, with almost 4,500 residents receiving unemployment benefits.(ABC: Dominic Cansdale)

Participants in the Federal Government's remote work for the dole scheme say they're being penalised for factors outside their control, like family violence.

New data obtained by AM illustrates key problems with the $400 million scheme, which covers 35,000 mostly Aboriginal people.

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Loretta George, work for the dole participant and grandmother, Beswick
Australian National University academic Lisa Fowkes

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