Kevin Andrews' Hunger Games policy a matter of survival for both sides

By Jacqueline Maley
Updated October 13 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 30 2014 - 6:04pm
Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews during question time in May. Photo: Andrew Meares
Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews during question time in May. Photo: Andrew Meares

One of the more startling of the government's budget measures was the idiosyncratic decision by Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews to make young people under 30 "wait" six months before they can receive unemployment benefits.