Greens education spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young has waded back into the Youth Allowance debate with a three-point plan to break the parliamentary impasse and get scholarships flowing. She's already made a start on point one, introducing a private member's bill that would make $2000 scholarships available to students already eligible for Youth Allowance and those whose parental income was under $150,000 a year. Students forced to move to study would also qualify for relocation scholarships of $4000 in year one and $1000 in subsequent years. "Students have been caught in the middle of a...
JL
Monday, 1 March 2010
Finally, the Greens has introduced some sensible bill into the Parliament. The major parties should stop the knot, and work out a solution together.