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Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation

Inquiry into increasing participation in the workforce

Terms of Reference

On 9 December 2004, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations asked the House of Representatives Employment and Workplace Relations Committee to inquire into and report on employment issues in both rural/regional and urban and outer suburban areas, with particular reference to:
  • measures that can be implemented to increase the level of participation in paid work in Australia; and
  • how a balance of assistance, incentives and obligations can increase participation, for income support recipients.
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