Opinion
Children as young as 12 can now be vaccinated overseas, so what is the situation in Australia? Christopher Blyth, Peter Richmond, and Ushma Wadia explain.
Opinion
South Australian business and educators must equip today’s young school students with the motivation and training for next-generation jobs and opportunities, writes Jodie van Deventer.
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Employers who sack older staff to take advantage of taxpayer cash for hiring young workers could be excluded from the JobMaker wage subsidy scheme, while corporations found to have underpaid workers or recently paid dividends to shareholders could also be cut out.
One in six South Australian young people have experienced homelessnesss, according to a Mission Australia report – with the situation expected to worsen due to the pandemic’s economic impact.
Young Australians have been struggling to find employment in their desired occupation since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis and any improvement is unlikely for some time yet given the economic impact of the coronavirus.
It’s time for the State to step in and give jobs or training to the growing ranks of unemployed youth, or risk losing much of a generation to welfare dependence and its significant economic and social costs, argues Helen Connolly.
