The party is warning young people are at risk of facing long-term unemploymentThe crossbench party wants the Federal Government to take on tens of billions of dollars of debt in a bid to rebuild the Australian economy after COVID-19.
"We learnt from the global financial crisis that for young people who are starting their working lives at a time of recession, they carry the scars with them for life unless they're given the opportunity of good, decent work with decent security working on meaningful projects. Dubbed Invest To Recovery, the Greens' plan seeks to create almost 900,000 jobs building renewable energy infrastructure in the public and private sectors. It also seeks to spend $60 billion to revive domestic manufacturing and processing.
This chart uses a logarithmic scale to highlight coronavirus growth rates. Read our explainer to understand what that means — and how COVID-19 cases are spreading around the world. Mr Bandt said it was incumbent upon the Government to act as a "safety-net employer", in guaranteeing work to people until the private sector rehired theThe Greens' call for a debt-laden approach to Government spending is all but certain to be rejected by the Coalition.
Don't worry the greens will sellout at the last minute just like they did on carbon trading.
traverselife The Greens need to learn to compromise. They are responsible for our climate change inaction which has set Australia back 20 years!
Wind back Dawkins/hex debt / reliance on o'seas students.
Surely nobody takes any notice of the greens anymore
Life doesnt end at 30 AdamBandt
This comment section reminded me of this... I watched for a while but then grew bored of the posturing and endless back and forth.
Interesting NZ has 1st yr free at all unis
jockie_c Not one policy that can actually be bipartisanly achieved, but that's how you operate, in the realm of the wedge. auspoI COVID COVIDIDIOTS
Forget free uni but I support free TAFE. The rest the greens are in lala land
It’s not really the fees that is the issue but insuring there is jobs at the end of their degree. Stop universities making money for no reward to our greater economy.
Greens just wish Cash could just drop from the sky
I was about to get all grumpy, it's basically similar to labor plus adding extra funding to renewables to create a solid industry, education and the arts (I repeat, the ARTS!) I'm extremely good with this, yes!
Big infrastructure spending is the only way to jumpstart the economy why not innovate and reset that economy when the opportunity exists?
Greens push for socialism and then communism!
Great idea. Make the corporations who pay no tax pay for it.
The important question is how to we pay for this ?
Still waiting for the cannabis bill Di Natale promised....
Uni degrees are becoming worthless and diluted cuz anyone can go. Now you need an MBA or masters or PHD to rise above the pack. We must admit that not everyone needs to go to Uni.
This kind of socialist crap is right up the tax payer funded ABCs ally
Great fresh graduates can get jobs shaking the money tree. The trees will surely brings a strong harvest with so healthy greens BS
Greens Pushing for job guarantees ? uninspired
Greens It used to be that way and should be again. I remember free education and very good job security. Labour govt at the time until Whitlam got dismissed.
Greens
auspol Jobs Austria - Redefine full-time work as 4 days per week across all public service and councils. Then increase job availability by 20%. Devolve jobkeeper $$$ to increase jobs in public service & councils. -
This turd wants “climate trials “ remember?
Why even waste time with these articles. Complete waste of taxpayers money and the Parliaments time having to listen to their hair brained ideas. auspol
Wat if Australia is left alone in this probe? Just like temporary residents are left to suffer outside Australia wid nt even a single acknowledgement. letuscomehome scomoletuscomehome AusBorderForce dfat AusDHCIndia ScottMorrisonMP NickMcKim PeterDutton_MP AlanTudgeMP
Engineering, medicine, science ect, free, yes with excellent grades. Gender studies, philosophy, anything that won’t get you a real job. Should at your own cost.
Is a satire site now?
Aaah, the Greens... I had forgotten we have our own brand of F'wit here... I was distracted by the Trump F'witery... but then the Australian Greens had to pipe up, with a dream of their own... .
What a complete mob of little fools the Greens are, irrelevant cattle ticks on the ass of Australia doing everything they can to destroy the country and the next generation. We need people that want to work and want to study not a system with no merit or desire.
Someone is looking out for Australian jobs. Is crimeministermorrison looking out for Australian jobs? What is he doing about it?
why just free university for young people? seem a bit ageist to me. Shouldn;t it be free university for everyone? why are young people more special?
What a great investment into each new, working generation Much better than giving the money as subsidies to the coal and gas industry
The OPM Party - Other Peoples Money
They believe in fantasy.
And Pays for it It’s Mot the Government It’s the TAX Payers Maybe these thing should be put to a Referendum So the Taxpayers Can Tell Their Employee’s (politicians) What They Want Them To Do As they (politicians) Don’t Seem to be Able to Work It Out
Yes please. Me, older Aussie with no kids but know the value of education having gotton a free uni education in the eighties.Educate every Australian as a priority, education should be viewed as a community service not a bloody business. Let Australians fill the better jobs in oz
Absolutely insane! The LNP are terrible on spending but the Greens take things to a new level.
probably not as hardline as Adam there, HECS is honestly fine for domesitc students, I don't know if there will be a jobs garuntee but if the state can directly create jobs quickly in a post corona recovery then it should. Everyone benefits if we are all stable.
Muppets
Pictured: Tin-Foil Hat conspiracy theorist Adam “Nut Job” Bandt who’s still searching for the tooth fairy at the end of the garden!
They can push all they want, but they are irrelevant so they aren't going to get any of it.
WeAreTheNewsNow
Get over this pandemic first before you start making plans
Who is paying teacher salary
Gough, gough, gough. Keating destroyed that.
Ah, yes...free. Who pays?
Good for them to get free education, Denmark offers something similar. Rich chinese oligarchs send their kids to Australian Uni's and take up all the jobs after.
University was free for the baby boomers
Greens are not so much pushing as pulling.
All paid for by the magic free money tree of course
They will never have lower house numbers to be able to implement any of their hare brained ideas - their 'policies' on education are as relevant as the shooters parties policies. That's reality.
Experts in spending other people's money.
Communist
I vote labor and they actually brought university fees in I can see a whole lot of problems (not insurmountable) before the 'institutes' issue degrees and the universities still get fee paying students
'guaranteeing work to people until the private sector rehired the 1 million people who have lost their jobs due to coronavirus.' So put people in the workforce until they are put in the workforce. Another flawless plan by this political genius.
Greens 🤦♂️
Adam Ant... the irrelevant Elf
Pls no job guarantees, just UBI
Waiting for the pampered boomers and bootlicking Liberal voters to say 'DAMN GREENS FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING BACK IN MY DAY--'