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Unemployment Not Due to Lack of Motivation

Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 6th March 2015 -  Victoria’s peak welfare body has hit back at comments made by the Abbott Government’s Minister for Employment where he called on unemployed Australians to “have…

Youth Unemployment Rising

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 2nd March 2015 -  One in five unemployed Australians is a teenager, according to a new report released today by national welfare agency, the Brotherhood of St Laurence. The Teenage Dream Unravels:…

800,000 Aussies Looking for Work

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 16th February 2015 -  They were elected on a platform of creating more jobs but the Abbott Government is now facing the highest unemployment rate since 2002. Figures released recently by the Australian…

NFP Plan to Tackle Unemployment

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 24th November 2014 -  Victoria’s peak welfare Not for Profit has released four strategies it claims can help tackle the state’s unemployment problem head of this weekend’s election.…

Analysis

Taking a New Approach to Engaging Disadvantaged Job Seekers

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th August 2014 -  Start with the jobs, not the candidates, to deal with unemployment challenge, writes Kevin Robbie, an Executive Director at Social Ventures Australia.  The latest unemployment…

Homeless Project a Circuit Breaker – Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 26th August 2014 -  A new approach to tackling homelessness has managed to keep a roof over 90 per cent of participants after the first two years, a new Not for Profit report has found. Mission Australia’s…

Collaboration Needed to Address Youth Unemployment

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 26th August 2014 -  Not for Profits have called for a major collaboration between community, business and Governments to address the alarming increase in youth unemployment. The average Victorian…

Ten Job Seekers Per Vacancy: A Reality Check on Welfare Overhaul

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 29th July 2014 - 
 
 
 
 
 
It turns out that the policies for under 30s in the Federal Budget in May were a precursor to a much wider set of changes affecting unemployed people
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Significant Hardships For Young People in Care: Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 27th May 2014 -  Children in care experience dramatically higher incidences of mental and chronic health issues, are more likely to be bullied at school, and are more likely to find it difficult to…

Victoria Loosens Purse-Strings in State Budget

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 6th May 2014 -  The Victorian Government has delivered a big spending Budget on infrastructure and job creation, as well as a surplus of $1.3 billion in 2014-15 – offering a mixed bag for the…

‘Death of Hope’ for Young Disadvantaged Jobless – NFP report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th May 2014 -  Young people in families with no parent in employment are less satisfied in school, less likely to be working part-time or planning to go to university and are more concerned about…

Opinion

Youth Employment Campaign’s Wise Words

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st May 2014 -  There’s a special case for taking an interest in youth unemployment – Australia can’t afford  not too, says Former Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry who has…

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