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Aug 4, 2010
AYAC Calls for Greater Support to Keep Young People in Education
Young people need better support systems in order to assist them to stay in education.
AYAC has called for greater investment in programs that work with young people who are at risk from disengaging from – or who have already disengaged from – education.
click here to download the media release (PDF – 66.2KB)
Following this media realease AYAC’s Senior Policy Officer Craig Comrie was interviewed on Adelaide radio:
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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.
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