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Nau mai, haere mai.
Despite a struggling economy and multiple sectors retracting over the past quarters, the government is pushing ahead with changes to Jobseeker rules that will have a major impact on unemployed young people and their families.
More than 4,000 18- and 19-year-olds are expected to become ineligible for Jobseeker support under the proposal to means test their parents, who will then become responsible for their adult children’s welfare.
As Susan St John writes today, this will put already stretched families under even more pressure, and add to the complex calculations lower-income households already have to make to navigate the intricacies of our tax and income support systems.
At the same time, the overall unemployment rate of 5.2% disguises a much higher youth rate, as well as the underemployment of those who have some work but want more.
“In this difficult recession,” she writes, “the last thing we should do is to treat our young adults like dependent children.”
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Finlay Macdonald
New Zealand Editor
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Susan St John, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Sheila Skeaff, University of Otago
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Jeffrey McNeill, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Dennis Wesselbaum, University of Otago
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