A simple step that works

Clio Francis in the Dom Post writes:

Taxpayer-funded globe trotter Peter Freedom is just one of 658 long-term beneficiaries whose welfare payments have been axed in a government crackdown.

The long-term dole collectors – estimated to have pocketed millions of taxpayer dollars – had failed to reapply for their benefits or actively look for work after receiving payments for more than one year.

So the simple step of requiring a reapplication after a year on the dole, has reduced its numbers by 658. Why wasn;’t this done years ago?