According to the Australian Youth Policy & Action Coalition (AYPAC): (1) The Federal Government failed to meet the employment target laid down in its first budget; (2) There are insufficient resources dedicated to job creation in its second; (3) It is doubtful that the government will achieve the 1997 Federal Budget forecast of an unemployment rate of 8 percent; (4) The most troublesome aspect of the budget is its lack of imagination in responding to youth unemployment, which is unchanged at around 30 percent; and (5) The government could have directed into creating new jobs for young people funds set aside to encourage older workers to stay on in jobs. Getting young people into jobs reduces unemployment expenses, increases the tax revenue base and enables the younger generation to support a rapidly aging community. The article also refers to group apprenticeship programs, income support for young people to improve their living standards and assistance for migrants and for Aboriginal students and families.