Instead of having kids on the dole who don't know what they're doing with their life, get them into the army for a term.
Not a bad suggestion I thought, especially coming from someone who's been there herself... Can't accuse her of being one of these old farts who's happy to impose rules on a generation they're no longer part of. Too many of these things get killed that way when the people pushing the idea have never/will never be effected by it.
Dunno about you but I could have used a bit more discipline and work ethic drilled into me as a kid
Palmer United Party Senator-elect Jacqui Lambie proposes fighting youth unemployment with national service
COMBAT youth unemployment with national service. That’s what Palmer United Party senator-elect Jacqui Lambie suggests.
The former Australian Army soldier who joins the upper house in July wants to see a greater utilisation of military national service.
“You can put them in for 12 months. I’m not saying they sign on for war,” she told ABC TV on Monday night.
Senator-elect Lambie made her debut appearance on the ABC program last night.
Such a stint would arm young people with valuable experience for the workforce, Ms Lambie said.
“It’s got to be better than being on the dole.”
The suggestion sparked debate and some derision.
Article here.