Young people doing seasonal work will get Youth Allowance quicker

Jamieson Murphy
October 7 2020 - 5:00pm
MOTIVATION: The government has paired a relocation package with tweaks to Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY to encourage young people to take up seasonal work.
MOTIVATION: The government has paired a relocation package with tweaks to Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY to encourage young people to take up seasonal work.

THE government is using every social lever it can to encourage young Australians to take up seasonal work, as it attempts to tackle the ag industry's labour shortfall.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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