No help unless you're learning or earning Friday May 1, 2009, 9:39 am A new jobs and training initiative for young people was agreed upon yesterday in an effort to set the nation up for a strong recovery and stop youth unemployment rising during the recession. The new policy will enforce that young Australians who haven't graduated from year 12 must be in education or training to get Youth Allowance. The same conditions must be met if parents of these young people in the same circumstances wish to receive Family Tax Benefit aid. Over 135,000 Australians aged under 25 are expected to be affected, with the latest official figures showing that there are 78,259 people aged 16 to 20 who are neither studying nor employed and are receiving the youth allowance. The current welfare rules will be strengthened and enforced to ensure they comply. Mr Rudd said he was not prepared to allow the recession to consign a generation of young people to the ranks of the long-term unemployed. "We cannot repeat the mistakes of the past where young people who lose their jobs today become the long-term unemployed of the future," the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister also offered the states access to a $100 million incentive fund if they lift Year 12 completion rates to 90% by 2015. They currently sit at 74%. "That's important for families, it's important for self esteem. I think that's just good policy, and it's the right way to go." "We don't want young Australians to be out there doing nothing. We want them to use this time of economic downturn to get new skills." Mr Rudd denied the changes were an attempt to mask damaging youth unemployment levels, which are predicted to rise further as the economy worsens. http://au.biz.yahoo.com/y7finance_editorial/30042009/ help_unless_youre_learning_earning.html -- もし、别の人生を送っていたら、 きっと私とは别の人间がここにいるのだろうしね。 人は人生を选ぶことはできないんだから。 ☆いま、会いにゆきます☆より そして今日も、私は自分の人生を生きている。 大切な人と一绪に。 --

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