JobSeeker will be overhauled under the biggest proposed overhaul of welfare payments in a generation. 

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth today announced a new assessment process and three-tiered system, replacing the current one-size-fits-all approach, so jobseekers receive help that suits their situation.

The tiers include a digital service for people ready to work, provider-led support for people who need help to build skills and confidence and intensive support for people facing complex barriers.

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Rishworth told the National Press Club the current $2 billion system is "ill-equipped" to address the needs of the one million people it supports.

"A one-size-fits-all approach across all elements of Workforce Australia is letting too many participants fall through the cracks and creating inefficiencies in the system," she said.

Under the $312 million package, the government will also introduce new mutual obligations that connect to each person's goals and a planning tool to help people work towards them.

Rishworth has launched a discussion paper and formed an advisory group to hear feedback on the design of the changes.

"This is major, complex reform, but it will be worth it to realise the benefit of employment services system, to make sure it's functioning for the jobseekers who need it," she said.

Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne said the changes were not a shake-up but a "screw-up".

"One million people have been waiting for years for Labor to reform John Howard's employment services system so that it actually helps them find work and doesn't coerce and punish them," she said.

"But what they've discovered today is that Labor is continuing to prop up a system which punches down on welfare recipients."

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The employment services system has faced years of criticism for its effectiveness, with a 2023 white paper finding that it cannot adequately respond to diverse needs and people were falling through the cracks.

In her address, Rishworth said jobseekers need high-quality providers as she pointed out problems in the current system.

She said providers are not considering whether a person is being placed in a suitable role, leading to about one in six people re-entering the system within a year and employers being too frustrated to engage with the system.

Providers are also failing to help people with complex needs, with 20 per cent of the caseload being parked for more than five years.

"If you're lucky enough to be healthy, with a recent work history and a post-secondary qualification, you are closer to the labour market," she said.

"Therefore, a provider is more likely to be able to help you find a suitable job, because the way providers are paid means that they are incentivised to focus their efforts on those who fit this narrow profile rather than supporting everyone on their caseload."

Dr Michael Swanson said it will aim to steady ambition and restore confidence.

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A man who killed two Asian migrant sex workers will spend more time behind bars after prosecutors successfully appealed his sentence.

Chinese student Xiaozheng Lin, 25, was originally jailed for 14 years for the manslaughter of Yuqi Luo, 31, and Hyun Sook Jeon, 51.

But the Victorian Court of Appeal today re-sentenced him to 18 years behind bars after finding the original term was "manifestly inadequate".

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Luo and Jeon were both sex workers who operated out of their apartments in Melbourne.

Lin had sex with Luo at her La Trobe Street apartment in the early hours of December 27, 2022, before asking for more services.

When she told him it would cost another $100, Lin became enraged and pushed Luo onto the bed, before strangling her until she was gasping for air.

He left her for dead, stealing $7000 in cash along with other personal belongings, including her mobile phone, tablet and handbags.

Lin told his friend he had sex with Luo, robbed and assaulted her after she had bitten his hand, and claimed she was alive when he left.

Later on December 27, between 10.15pm and 10.45pm, Lin visited Jeon at her Docklands apartment, where they had sex before he inflicted another deadly assault.

Lin left at about 12.37am, stealing her bank cards, laptop, phone, car and building keys, and then catching an Uber home.

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It is unclear how Jeon died because her body was too decomposed to determine a cause of death at the time of autopsy.

Lin was facing a murder trial but cut a deal with prosecutors, instead pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter in October 2024.

He was sentenced the following month to a maximum of 14 years behind bars with a non-parole period of nine years.

Prosecutors appealed the sentence in June 2025, arguing it was manifestly inadequate given the seriousness of the offending and Lin's high moral culpability.

And appeal justices Lesley Taylor, Peter Kidd and Jane Dixon agreed, today finding the offending called for a stern punishment.

"The objective gravity and moral culpability in respect of each offence was high, and the stark feature of this case was the loss of life by, not just one, but two defenceless women," the written reasons stated.

"In our view, each of the individual sentences was outside the range reasonably open to the sentencing judge in all the circumstances."

The justices also found the non-parole period was manifestly too low, given Lin was not found to have good prospects of rehabilitation. They increased it to 14 years.

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