Home | News
AYAC News
Aug 18, 2010
AYAC supports ACOSS on the Bonus for Jobless Youth
Yesterday the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) published a media release, ‘Bonus For Jobless Australians Will Give Financial Relief But Won’t Increase Job Offers’.
ACOSS stated that more incentives are needed to encourage employers hire young long-term job seekers, and also declared the punitive measures as too harsh.
AYAC supports ACOSS’s position on the Coalition’s proposed plan.
To read the full document, click here.
IN THIS SECTION
AYAC NEWS
Advocates for young and vulnerable Australians are optimistic after the federal government announced an increase of $4 a week to people on Newstart and Youth Allowance.
Executive Director of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, Andrew Cummings is campaigning for an increase for people on the lowest benefit schemes.
He said he was pleased that this year’s federal budget recognised that Newstart and Youth Allowance provide too little to live on.
May 18, 2012
