Youth Allowance changes catch students short

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• 1 year
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  • Greens Offer Real Support For Struggling Students - The Australian Greens have released a four-point plan to help tackle student poverty and housing affordability, according to Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson on Youth and Education, ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 10 months
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  • Youth Allowance Compromise Is Not The Full Solution - The Australian Greens welcome the agreement over Youth Allowance, but warn that it does not resolve the wider question of student income support in Australia. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Education ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 9 months
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  • Youth Allowance Solution Needed In O-Week - The Federal Government must act urgently to bring on its Youth Allowance legislation this week, to give students the resolution they need before starting the academic year, according to Greens ... - Greens MPs
  • The Greens' Practical Plan to Solve the Youth Allowance Crisis - The Australian Greens have announced a three-point plan to solve the Youth Allowance crisis and provide vital assistance to students, according to Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 6 months
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  • Students Need An Agreement Now on Youth Allowance - The Australian Greens are working hard to improve the Government's flawed Youth Allowance legislation to help people who most need access to financial support for their tertiary careers, according to ... - Greens MPs
  • Senate Salvages Youth Allowance Legislation - The Federal Government must decide whether to see sense or stick to its narrow-minded approach to student support for tertiary education after the passage of amendments to Youth Allowance legislation ... - Greens MPs
  • Second Reading Speech: Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 - Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia) (9:26 PM) - I rise to speak to the Rudd government's attempt to restructure the way in which student income support is offered to those undertaking ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 5 months
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  • Income Support for Students - The Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009, proposes a raft of measures aimed at reforming the way in which student income support is rolled ... - Greens Blog
  
  
• 3 months
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  • Greens will move to amend Youth Allowance legislation to support geographically disadvantaged students - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the Greens will move to amend the controversial Youth Allowance budget measures legislation when it reaches the Senate, to accommodate geographically disadvantaged students. The Social ... - Greens MPs
  • Students deserve more support in wake of Govt’s belated Youth Allowance backflip - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the Greens welcome the Government’s concession on Youth Allowance reform impacting on current gap year students, but will move to amend legislation to accommodate rural ... - Greens MPs
  • Govt must heed students’, Greens’ concerns and amend Youth Allowance legislation before it reaches Senate - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the Federal Government must amend its Youth Allowance Budget measures legislation to accommodate current gap year students who have been blocked from qualifying as independent ... - Greens MPs
  • Greens call on Government to back Greens’ Youth Allowance amendments after roundtable - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the Deputy Prime Minister’s Youth Allowance roundtable today should spur the Government to back the Greens’ amendments to the proposed changes to student income support. ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 1 month
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  • Senate will inquire into rural and regional uni struggles in wake of Youth Allowance fallout - The Greens look forward to consulting with rural and regional communities through a Senate Inquiry to better support aspiring tertiary students from those areas, in the wake of the Federal ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 3 weeks
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  • Greens welcome Coalition support for amendment to fix Govt Youth Allowance blunder - The Greens have welcomed the Coalition's support for amending the start date of changes to Youth Allowance eligibility criteria, backing the Greens' move to assist thousands of aspiring tertiary students ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 2 weeks
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  • Estimates mount pressure on Govt to re-think proposed Youth Allowance changes - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to re-think their proposed changes to the Youth Allowance Independence Test. Senator Hanson-Young, the Greens’ spokesperson for Education, ... - Greens MPs
  • Greens urge Coalition to back Youth Allowance amendment in Senate - The Greens are urging the Coalition to support their move to amend the retrospectivity of proposed changes to Youth Allowance eligibility in the Federal Budget when the legislation comes before ... - Greens MPs
  • Greens resolve to amend, inquire into Youth Allowance changes - The Greens have resolved to move amendments to the Budget bill that contains changes to Youth Allowance eligibility criteria and refer the issue to a Senate Inquiry, in light of ... - Greens MPs
  • Youth Allowance changes spur action in community and parliament - Greens spokesperson for Education, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, says she will question federal government departments about controversial proposed changes to Youth Allowance this week, as students organise actions in protest around ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 1 week
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  • Faces and voices of Youth Allowance changes’ collateral damage come to Parliament - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has urged the Federal Government to review its changes to Youth Allowance in the Budget, as she today hosted in Parliament a delegation of students and ... - Greens MPs
  • Coalition urged to back Greens and oppose Youth Allowance Budget measures - The Greens have urged the Coalition to commit to opposing the Government’s proposed changes to Youth Allowance in the Budget – saving tens of thousands of students who have had ... - Greens MPs
  
  
• 4 days
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  • Govt faces Youth Allowance amendments in Budget measures - Greens spokesperson for Education, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the Federal Government must take seriously concerns about changes to Youth Allowance eligibility within the Federal Budget. The Greens announced this morning ... - Greens MPs
  • Greens to refer Youth Allowance changes to Inquiry - The Greens say they will refer changes to Youth Allowance within last week’s Federal Budget to a Senate Inquiry to investigate the effect of those changes on students and their ... - Greens MPs
  
  
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