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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Criticism over new rules for young people accessing benefit
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:05:31
	Publish Date:		2025-10-06 03:48:00
	Description:		Criticism is ramping up about the government's proposed new threshold for young people needing to access the benefit. From next November, 18 and 19 year olds will have to take a parental assistance test when applying for a benefit - and will be ineligible if their parents earn more than $65,000. Both the Council of Trade Unions and the Taxpayers union have pointed out it could work as a disincentive, where parents might be worse off for earning more. Political reporter Lillian Hanly spoke to Lisa Owen.
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