Work for the dole a 'demonstrable failure, demonises the unemployed'

By Amy Remeikis
Updated April 26 2017 - 1:13pm, first published April 25 2017 - 9:48pm
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Work for the dole has been an expensive "demonstrable failure" that does nothing to lessen the nation's unemployment burden, one of Australia's biggest charities has said.