Harsher welfare rules net solo dad with four kids

Even being the sole carer for triplets can't excuse Jared Chase from work obligations under the new welfare regime. Mr Chase, 40, worked all his life until his wife walked out in 2007. He did 15 years with a lawnmower business in Albany, then worked in an electrical business with his dad and then as a shearer in Taupo and Queensland. "I'd love to be out there in a job; I'd ...