Young Queenslanders are continuing to suffer under the do-nothing Labor Government, with the youth unemployment rate sky-rocketing to 23.6 per cent in Wide Bay.
LNP Shadow Treasurer Scott Emerson said today’s youth unemployment figures were more evidence that Queensland was stagnating, leaving young jobseekers left behind.
“Labor’s jobs crisis has hit especially hard in Wide Bay with more than 1,000 job losses in the last 12 months,” Mr Emerson said.
“The youth unemployment rate would be even higher if 800 people didn’t give up looking for work.
“The Premier claims her Government cares about ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ but she’s silent on the fact that young Queensland jobseekers are losing hope under her government.”
Mr Emerson said young Queenslanders deserved more from Annastacia Palaszczuk.
“These irrefutably show Labor’s ‘jobs budget’ is nothing more than a con job,” Mr Emerson said.
Mr Emerson said the LNP’s Get Queensland Working program would reverse Labor’s youth jobs trend by reducing the cost of working for young apprentices and offering financial incentives for businesses which train and retain staff.
“Unlike Labor, with a jobs program that has produced only a fraction of the jobs needed in the Wide Bay region, the LNP has consulted with industry and developed a real plan that will create jobs today,” Mr Emerson said.
“The LNP’s $100 million Get Queensland Working will create up to 20,000 jobs for young Queenslanders through financial incentives for businesses which take on young apprentices and vouchers for young tradies to buy their tools whether they’re a hairdresser, a carpenter or a pastry chef.
