The Abbott government is set to make young people wait until they are 25. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
The Abbott government is set to make young people wait until they are 25 to receive the dole but will avoid the Commission of Audit’s most draconian recommendation to force unemployed people off benefits.
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OB snobs who refuse work because it’s too far to travel are in the federal government’s sights under reforms that would also collapse the disability support pension and unemployment benefits into a single universal welfare payment.
Determined to remove the “perverse incentive’’ to claim the disability pension because it is worth an extra $250 a fortnight compared to Newstart, Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews says the growing gap must be addressed.
SOME disability welfare recipients will be required to work for their payments under potential changes in next week’s federal budget.
Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews says the Abbott government wants to push disability support pensioners with an ability to work into the workforce.
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DISABILITY support pensioners will be banned from travelling overseas for more than four weeks as part of a Budget crackdown on welfare cheats.
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The Australian
May 01, 2014
THE welfare system faces a major shake-up with young unemployed people forced to move for work or lose their Newstart allowance, alongside payment cuts for disability support pensioners, single mothers and carers.
The Commission of Audit wants a new rule to tackle youth unemployment that pushes young single people aged 22 to 30 without dependants or special exemptions to relocate to higher employment areas or lose access to benefits after a period of 12 months on the dole.
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