Justice For Josh: 10 Years On

10 years ago, 18-year old Josh Park-Fing died at his forced labour Work for the Dole site in Toowoomba.

Despite a court finding that Josh's Work for the Dole site did not meet basic safety standards, neither the government nor his for-profit privately owned employment service provider NEATO were held accountable.

Josh's family weren't even provided normal workers compensation as Josh was technically not an 'employee'.


10-years on, the lessons from Josh's death have not be been learnt.

The program is still punitive and dangerous.

The Albanese government still forces hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers to attend dangerous, pointless, and punitive Work for the Dole activities every year or face being permanently cut off their unemployment benefit, which is more than $200 per fortnight below the poverty line.


The Albanese government have failed to guarantee the safety of unemployed workers who attend these programs.

According to a recent Senate inquiry testimony, even the Department of Employment accepts that the current Mutual Obligations system is not safe. Despite this, they refuse to release data about how many injuries there are at Work for the Dole sites per year, let alone deaths.

Join us in Thomastown as at the office of Andrew Giles, the Labor Minister responsible for Work for the Dole, as we demand:

1. Justice for Josh and his Family

2. Work for the Dole be permanently shut down

3. Accountability for Those Organisations and Individuals Responsible for Josh's Death

4. A Comprehensive Investigation Into Safety At Work for the Dole

5. Abolition of Mutual Obligations System

6. Unemployment Benefit Be Raised to Henderson Poverty Line

7. Restoration of the State-Run Commonwealth Employment Service