NEW DATA SHOWS YOUTH ALLOWANCE IS A "POVERTY SENTENCE" FOR YOUNG, DISABLED AUSTRALIANS
Monday 22 February 2021
Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has called for an urgent intervention to lift young, disabled people out of poverty after new data, obtained by Children and Young People with Disability, was published today.
Senator Steele-john said the data, which showed job seekers aged 20 to 25 with a partial capacity to work, had almost quadrupled in the last decade meanwhile the number of students aged 20 to 25 with a disability on youth allowance has skyrocketed almost 1000 per cent.