Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition will also not be supporting the motion. We do not believe that the crossbench should determine in motions the make-up of any future ministry. Nonetheless, we think the issue of youth unemployment and underemployment is an important one. Unfortunately, the Turnbull government has achieved yet another record, and yet again it is not one we should be proud of. Youth underemployment is at the highest it has been at any time in the 40 years since the ABS started to record it, reaching an appalling 18 per cent. There are now more than 650,000 young people who cannot find work or cannot find enough work, according to the Brotherhood of St Laurence report. This is on top of the rise in youth unemployment in February to 13.5 per cent. These are not good numbers for the country, and they are a damning indictment of Malcolm Turnbull's lack of leadership and policies.