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Flat White

Big government’s war on young Australians

9 August 2017

4:34 PM

9 August 2017

4:34 PM

The major parties, unions and the bureaucracy have declared economic war on young people which threatens to create an invisible underclass locked out of economic participation.

In March, the Brotherhood of St Laurence reported that labour force underutilisation (underemployment plus unemployment) of people aged between 15 and 24 was at its lowest point since the ABS started measuring it in 1978.

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