'Best practice' work for the dole to transform remote communities: Nigel Scullion

By Michael Gordon
Updated December 2 2015 - 1:08am, first published December 1 2015 - 5:56pm
Indigenous Affairs Senator Nigel Scullion says the new work-for-the-dole scheme is the result of rare collaboration with the Labor Party and close consultations with communities. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Indigenous Affairs Senator Nigel Scullion says the new work-for-the-dole scheme is the result of rare collaboration with the Labor Party and close consultations with communities. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Under the new scheme breaches for non-compliane will be immediate. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Under the new scheme breaches for non-compliane will be immediate. Photo: Glenn Campbell

A revamped, more flexible work-for-the-dole scheme has the capacity to transform remote Indigenous communities by tackling the major driver of social dysfunction, according to Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion.