Proof PaTH intern program is subsidised slave labour in disguise

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By Leith van Onselen

Back in December, the Coalition’s controversial $840 million Youth-Jobs PaTH program – to prepare, trial and ultimately hire young Australians – was ridiculed at Senate estimates for its abysmal failure to shift younger Australians from welfare into work:

The new figures show the $840 million program is falling short of its aim of getting 120,000 vulnerable Australians into job placements over four-years, with only 36,290 securing a placement over the first two years of the program, costing taxpayers $14,393 per internship so far…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.