Writer

David O Halloran
David O’Halloran is an occupational therapist with more than 35 years’ experience in disability employment and vocational rehabilitation services including direct service delivery, program management, project management and policy development at a local, national and international level. David’s PhD research at Monash examined the reasons why nearly 4 million appointments are missed with Australian employment service providers every year.
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David O’Halloran: One hour a week counts as employed – it doesn’t matter
One hour a week counts as employed – it doesn’t matter. Continue reading »
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DAVID O’HALLORAN : Workforce Australia will repeat the same mistakes as jobactive
Australia’s employment services system is about to have a major shake-up commencing on July 4th. The lamentable ‘jobactive’ (no capital ‘j’) is being replaced by a new program ‘Workforce Australia’. Will Workforce Australia be any better than previous designs? Continue reading »