Greens urge Gillard: don’t target student income support for Budget savings
Greens spokesperson for Education, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says Education Minster Julia Gillard must heed widespread community concern and re-think proposed changes to Youth Allowance in Budget measures that will impact on young people and their families.
Senator Hanson-Young today wrote to Minister Gillard to urge her to re-think the removal of two work eligibility criteria for qualifying for the independent rate of Youth Allowance, announced in last week’s Federal Budget.