"Amidst the glaring shortages of workers, e.g. bus drivers, that are crippling services, there has been an almost 11 percent increase in numbers of unemployed. Worse, those jobseekers [i.e., unemployed] classified as 'work ready' have risen by 14.5 percent... 

    "What this illustrates is how the benefit system has now evolved into a bona fide, state-sanctioned alternative to employment for too many." 

          ~ Lindsay Mitchell, from her post 'Youth Payments Increase By 88.9%'

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