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Best practice when interfacing with this behemoth of bureaucracy.

If ever you've dealt with Australia's ' employment' services, you know just how frustrating, if not totally pointless it is.  They know you need a job. You know you need a job - but if you have no job, you are public enemy no. 1. And that leads us to my first point. The type of people you will find at these places.  Since they know you are not in a position of power and indeed vulnerable, they will be quick to wield whatever power they think they have and eventually come at you with threats, like cutting your payment. They rely entirely on negative reinforcement.  You will most likely find that they are women. Nothing wrong with that. But as is the case with young women, especially where this may be their first office job, they will develop a sense of ' holier than thou ' especially if you are an unemployed male. If you are an elderly unemployed female, they will quickly sniff out the power dynamic there, too. And it does not matter if you are more qualified th
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