No direct evidence four-week dole wait for young jobless will help, official concedes

By Judith Ireland
Updated August 6 2015 - 2:13pm, first published 1:35pm
Community groups argue a four-week dole wait would be punitive. Photo: Virginia Star
Community groups argue a four-week dole wait would be punitive. Photo: Virginia Star
Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has previously said Centrelink brochures should not be used by school leavers as an "Ikea catalogue to go shopping for benefits".  Photo: Daniel Munoz
Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has previously said Centrelink brochures should not be used by school leavers as an "Ikea catalogue to go shopping for benefits". Photo: Daniel Munoz

A federal government official has conceded the government has no direct evidence that the Coalition's plan to make young unemployed people wait four weeks for the dole will help under 25s into work.

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