While the increase to YouthAllowance and Austudy will be of significance for the payments’ recipients, young people should not lose sight of the government’s distorted approach to welfare increases across the board.
The University urged the Albanese government to “fix the worst elements of the Job-ready Graduates Package,” in its submission but stopped short of recommending its repeal.
The report found that hundreds of thousands of 18 to 21 year-olds are being left in poverty by the inaccessibility and inadequacy of government payments.
Nell O’Grady surveys the individuals still receiving false debt letters from the government organisation.
