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Lighthouse at dusk: The Cape Schanck lighthouse was built in 1859 as the second coastal lighthouse in Victoria. It is located on the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula. The tower was built from limestone and is 21 metres (69 ft) tall. Picture: Cameron McCullough
Youth told ‘work for dole’ Chris Brennan chris@mpnews.com.au
UNEMPLOYED young people on the Mornington Peninsula will be among the first in Australia to taste the federal government’s tough budget measures, with the controversial “work for the dole” scheme to be rolled out across the region within weeks. The combined Frankston and peninsula region has been selected as one of 18 “high-unemployment areas” around Australia to spearhead a trial of the Coalition government’s revitalised
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work for the dole program. Under the program, peninsula “job seekers” aged between 18 and 30 who have been unemployed for twelve months or more will be required to perform 15 hours a week of unpaid work over a six-month period if they are to continue to receive welfare payments. Unlike many of the Abbott government’s controversial budget proposals which must pass both houses of parliament before being implemented, the work for the dole scheme requires no such legislative approval and will
come into force from 1 July within the 18 targeted regions. The rest of the country will follow 12 months later, when weekly requirements will increase to 25 hours unpaid work a week. The introduction of the scheme comes at a time of rising unemployment, particularly among young people. The Frankston and peninsula region has been targeted as one of four regions in Victoria with “unacceptably high levels of youth unemployment”. Over the past 12 months, unemployment in the peninsula region has
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jumped from 6.3 per cent to 7.1 per cent, well above the national average of 5.9 per cent, while youth unemployment stands at an alarming 21.3 per cent. At the same time, job vacancy rates have been steadily decreasing, meaning there are less jobs and more people looking for work. Welfare and community service groups have criticised the merit of the previously abandoned scheme, claiming it does nothing to improve job prospects for young people and unfairly punishes them for being unable
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to find employment in an increasingly tough job market. “Where are the jobs these poor young people are being punished for not being able to find?” Mornington Community Information and Support Centre manager Lisa Elliott asked. “There aren’t enough jobs on the peninsula for people with good skills, let alone young people who aren’t able to gain the experience necessary to get their foot in the door, and things are getting worse with more and more jobs being axed. Continued page 14
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