Why Chris Pyne is wrong on youth unemployment

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By Leith van Onselen

Education Minister, Christopher Pyne, appeared on the ABC’s Q&A program last night and showed why he is out-of-touch on the issue of youth unemployment, declaring that there is “no crisis”. From The Age:

Q&A host Tony Jones asked whether the Coalition should place youth unemployment on a “crisis agenda to try and fix this?”

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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.