Just found out that the WA govt has passed legislation that states that any child truning 16 in 2006 (and Ariani is) will have to either be in full time school, full-time training or in approved full time work.
Any job she gets will have to be assessed and will undergo an approvals process to ascertain prospects/training provisions/ work structure, and it will have to be full-time, in other words, a 37.5 hour week.
If it doesn't meet the criteria, she will either have to find different work or return to school.
This means that she will not have the option of staying with the cafe she's working at, as they cannot give her 37.5 hours a week, not meet the criteria to provide her with career prospects.
So now she has even less choice, and even more competition for the few jobs available to 15yos. And yes, she's still not bothering to look for work.
I've emailed the govt dept responsible to ask about what avenues I will have if she decides not to get off her a*se and find work, and am waiting patiently for a reply. Their website seems to only talk about kids who are motivated to do something, not a kid who doesn't seem motivated to do anything!
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