Unemployment benefit numbers are down. Particularly for young people. The Minister says there is light at the end of the tunnel. Their work schemes - Job Ops and Community Max - have made a difference.
But look at the student allowance numbers;
2005 56,806
2006 59,431
2007 62,479
2008 65,702
2009 82,636
So many more people than usual are either qualifying for a student allowance or many more people than usual are applying. Or both. It would be interesting to see what the numbers are for the Jan - Mar quarter when available. Moving from the dole to a student allowance may be part of the reason for the drop in unemployment benefit numbers.
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So many more people than usual are either qualifying for a student allowance or many more people than usual are applying. Or both
In their last term Labour did increase SA eligibility a bit by increasing the top threshold of parents income before you were eligible for the SA, but it wasn't by 'a lot', but more than 'a bit' :-D
Don't think more than usual are applying because I suppose that implies some people weren't bothering, in the case of free money that seems unlikely!
Moving from the dole to a student allowance may be part of the reason for the drop in unemployment benefit numbers.
Seems likely what with the large increases in the unemployed going back to tertiary education.
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