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Turning local libraries, pools and playgroups into sites of surveillance – ParentsNext goes too far
Sydney Morning Herald reporter Jacqueline Maley evoked the spectre of the Orwellian surveillance state recently when discussing how library staff had been implicated in the ParentsNext…
- Rebecca Williamson
- The Conversation
Maley reported that private providers contracted to run the program phoned libraries or local pools to check on parents’ attendance.
The program aims to get parents “work-ready” after child-rearing. Single parents receiving the ParentsNext benefit are required to report their attendance at particular activities with their children to…
Activities are based on an…