With the neo liberal mantra of smaller government ringing in its ears the Federal Government has just announced a further 1,200 jobs to be cut from Centrelink before Christmas. We talk to Lisa Newman, Deputy President of the Community and Public Sector Union (the CPSU) who warns service standards and regional employment opportunities are the real outcomes of this decision. With Government services increasingly going on-line how do the most disadvantaged cope and how will the government met it’s obligation to service all of the people of Australia. We talk to Sarah Wise from Anglicare Victoria about the findings of a recent report into access to on-line and mobile services amongst their clients.

But first the meaty issue of immigration policy and its effect on employment opportunities. Dr Bob Birrell from the Monash Centre for Population and Urban Research gives us a break down of the report Impact of Recent Immigration on the Australian Work force.