Yahoo Finance FEDERAL BUDGET 2015: Government plans backflip on harsh dole measures
The Abbott Government is dropping its contentious plan to make some young adults wait up to six months before receiving dole payments.
According to Fairfax, the Government plans to do a backflip on last year’s harsh Budget measures, which would have forced people under 30 seeking the dole to wait six months before they could receive welfare.
Instead, the Coalition will drop the waiting period from six months, to four weeks.
The existing waiting period for dole-seekers is just one week.
BUDGET 2015: Abbott's future at stake
The Government's $330 million 'Back to Work' scheme looks set to include:
* 'Support trials' for young migrants and those with mental illness facing difficulties finding work
* A program supporting young people deemed at risk of being on long term welfare
* Funding to help teenagers who drop out of school find a job.
