The Australian Federal Government introduced the Common Youth Allowance (CYA), on 1 July 1998. The great majority of the package passed through the Senate with the support of the Australian Labor Party and independent Senator Brian Harradine, who at the time held the balance of power in the ...
Debates concerning the re-introduction of tertiary fees in Australia have made rates of return on education an active topic for investigation. This paper provides estimates of the returns to education that allow for worker heterogeneity and individual self selection in the education process. Using data...
The relative increases in nearly all payment rates are smaller than for couples with a decrease ev- ident for youth allowance, AUSTUDY/AB- STUDY, the veteran's disability pension and the war widow's pension. These decreases do not mean that the payment rates for these four groups have ...
Those who feed off the Aboriginal industry do not want to see things changed. Look at the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. Members receive $290 a day sitting allowance and $320 a day travelling allowance, and most of these people also hold other very well paid positions. No wonder they...
BuildWell had been more than willing to pay these, but YouthWell has taken on this responsibility and has asked BuildWell to invoice these charges as they came in. So in terms of the council rates, those council rates are being charged to BuildWell and then we ask them to send us invo...
In line with previous research, labour market demand factors are found to be major explanators of participation rates, but supply side effects due to the government's secondary school student allowance and also unemployment benefits are found to be important determinants of work and schooling ...
Australia’s unique history of national environmental youth workfare programs over three decades offers insight into youth work responses to climate c
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