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In a dramatic plan to offset higher super concessions for working Australians, long-term dole recipients could soon be cut off from receiving unemployment benefits.
Under the plan, Newstart recipients under 45-years-old would be given six months to find a job before their Centrelink payments would be cut off.
Queensland MP George Christensen, who strongly supported the Federal government's $6 billion superannuation reforms, is expected to submit the plan to the Nationals party room and rise it with Social Services Minister Christian Porter.
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“Maybe if they know their dole will run out in six months they’ll go and get a job,” the LNP politician told the Sunday Mail.
Regional areas in Queensland are struggling with high youth unemployment.
This is despite farmers in regional Australia often relying on working holiday-makers to fill their vacancies.
Christensen told Sunday Mail he was 'annoyed' by the dramatically high cost of unemployment benefits.
He said farmers have complained the Federal Government's 32.5 per cent backpacker tax, introduced on the 2015/16 Budget, would have devastating impacts on their businesses.
“We’ve got farmers up our ribs about the backpacker tax.
"Every single farmer says ‘it will kill us’ because we won’t have any labour',” he told the Sunday Mail.
He also claims business owners have reported a culture of workers trying to get sacked on purpose so they could get Centrelink benefits instead of a wage.
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