Young unemployed must work for payments

By Matt Maloney
Updated May 29 2014 - 7:20am, first published 12:00am
The grey shaded areas of the map show the 18 areas where unemployed people aged 18 to 30 will have to compulsorily work 15 hours a week for six months if they have been receiving payments for more than 12 months.
The grey shaded areas of the map show the 18 areas where unemployed people aged 18 to 30 will have to compulsorily work 15 hours a week for six months if they have been receiving payments for more than 12 months.

UNEMPLOYED young people in the North will have to start working for their Newstart or Youth Allowance payments from July 1.

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