Summary of proposal
Party
Australian Greens
Policy Topic
Social welfare
Portfolio
Education, Skills and Employment
The proposal would abolish the following compulsory income support measures from 1 July 2022:
- Youth Jobs Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) program
- Work for the Dole
- Community Development Program
- Cashless Debit Card
- All compulsory Income Management measures – Income support recipients would still be able to voluntarily access the income management program.
- ParentsNext program.
A disaggregation of the financial implications of each measure being abolished was also requested.