Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

The internships will give the employers the opportunity to help the job seeker to develop their skills and to test their suitability for future employment. Employers will receive a $1,000 up-front payment for hosting the internship. The internship placement will run for between four and 12 weeks, depending on how long the intern needs to be there, and it will be voluntary for both the job seeker and for the business. Job seekers will continue to receive their income support, but they will also get an additional $200 a fortnight in an incentive payment. Those employers who then decide to offer the job seeker a paid job will then have the option of accessing the youth bonus wage subsidy of up to $10,000 over six months.

Again, this is a government that is going to get our youth ready, is going to give them a go, and then ultimately get them a job.