Centrelink privatisation warning as private firms win more call centre jobs

EW
Updated August 10 2018 - 2:47pm, first published 2:36pm
OUTSOURCING: 1500 new private call centre staff contracted to help with sky-rocketing telephone wait times.
OUTSOURCING: 1500 new private call centre staff contracted to help with sky-rocketing telephone wait times.

CENTRELINK is being privatised “piece by piece”, Labor’s Human Services spokeswoman Linda Burney has warned following a government announcement of an extra 1500 privately operated call centre jobs.

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Eileen Wood

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