Ridiculous call to raise Centrelink 支払い（額）s so young Aussies can go to music festivals

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A 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 owner has called for 青年 Allowance and JobSeeker 支払い（額）s to be raised so that young people can afford nights out and to …に出席する music festivals.

古代の World co-owner Hugh Scobie made the call, 特記する／引用するing the cost-of-living 危機 and rising rents which 妨げる many from spending money on social activities.

This in turn is 鎮圧するing the entertainment 産業s, with many nightspots の近くにing 負かす／撃墜する.?

Musical festivals were once a 儀式 of passage, but 財政上の 圧力s has seen a 落ちる in ticket sales which has 軍隊d many festivals, 含むing high profile ones like Splendour in the Grass, to 取り消す as a result.

A new 報告（する）／憶測 has 設立する 経済的な 圧力s and the 急に上がるing cost-of-living has seen a 激烈な 減少（する） in ticket sales の中で young Aussies

The 報告（する）／憶測 設立する ticket sales 苦しむd の中で music festivals' biggest group of attendees - those 老年の 18 to 24

'Most people can't afford to spend $50 on a night out,' Mr Scobie told the?Adelaide Advertiser.?

'Raising JobSeeker and 青年 Allowance to the 量 recommended by the Australian 会議 of Social Service would help a lot.'

Creative Australia's SoundCheck 報告（する）／憶測 'Insights into Australia's music festival 部門' published on Wednesday 設立する ticket sales dropped by 24 per cent の中で the festivals' 重要な demographic.?

Ticket sales の中で 18 to 24 year-olds dropped from 41 per cent in 2018/19 to 27 per cent in 2022/23.?

The 報告（する）／憶測 also 特記する／引用するd the?国家の Arts Participati on 調査する which also 設立する ticket sales fell 予定 to the expense of …に出席するing when necessities like rent, groceries, and 世帯 法案s were 急に上がるing.???

The cost of tickets remained the most ありふれた 障壁 to 出席, 衝撃ing 55 per cent of 回答者／被告s to the 調査する. One-third said they did not …に出席する an event in 2022 because of high ticket prices.?

Money 問題／発行するs were also most pronounced の中で party-goers 老年の under 35, with nine out of 10 experiencing 財政上の difficulty in 2023.??

'We lost a 抱擁する 量 of our audience ? young people and students whose main income is from Centrelink ? almost すぐに after 利益／興味 率s, rents, groceries and 石油 prices went up,' Mr Scobie said.

'Seeing 禁止（する）d and socialising with their friends doesn't seem to be affordable for them in the 現在の 経済的な 気候.'

Young Australians on JobSeeker, who are 選び出す／独身 and do not have children, receive a 最大限 fortnightly 支払い（額） of $762.70

Co-owner of Adelaide 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and DJ 発生地 古代の World Hugh Scobie (left) called for 青年 Allowance and 職業 探検者 支払い（額）s to be raised so that young Aussies can afford ticket prices and a night out on the town?

JobSeeker 受取人s who are 選び出す／独身 and do not have children receive a 最大限 fortnightly 支払い（額） of $762.70.?

Those on 青年 Allowance can receive anywhere between $395.30 to?$806 a fortnight depending on their age, living 手はず／準備, 関係 status and whether they have children.

Mr Scobie 示唆するd raising the 支払い（額）s in line with the suggestion made by the?Australian 会議 of Social Service.

The organisation calculated JobSeeker 受取人s were receiving an 普通の／平均（する） of $55 a day, and argued it should 増加するd in line with the 年金 at $80.?

Greens 上院議員 Sarah Hanson-Young said the Soundcheck 報告（する）／憶測 最高潮の場面d the need for more taxpayers' money be spent on supporting festivals, but also believes 気候 change was to 非難する for 取り消しs.?

'Festivals are an important part of the arts and live music ecosystem. 'Festivals support 職業s not only for artists but also in 歓待, 観光旅行，事業 and 貿易（する）s 同様に,'?上院議員 Hanson-Young said.

'It is not a surprise to hear festival organisers say that extreme 天候 and 保険 are の中で their biggest challenges.

'We have known for some time that extreme 天候 events and 気候 change are making it harder and more 予測できない to put on large 規模 events.'?

Three-day music festival Splendour in the Grass, which was 始める，決める to be held from July 19 to 21 at North Byron Parklands, was cancelled on March 26.

Sources （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the festival was most likely cancelled because of poor ticket sales, but organisers said in a 声明 it was 予定 to '予期しない events'.?

Australian pop princess?Kylie Minogue, 55, was 始める，決める to headline the event along with other popular artists 含むing G Flip, Arcade 解雇する／砲火／射撃 and 未来.?

It comes after a slew of major music festivals in Australia were cancelled, 含むing the? iconic three-day festival Splendor in the Grass (pictured)

One of Australia's largest music festivals Groovin the Moo was 軍隊d to 取り消す its 近づいている 小旅行する of shows just two months before it was 始める，決める to start.

In February, organisers 発表するd that the festivals across 地域の Australia wouldn't be going ahead in 2024, 特記する／引用するing poor ticket sales.

In January, ValleyWays - a music festival featuring some of Australia's biggest 禁止（する）d - was cancelled just weeks before it was 始める，決める to take place.

ValleyWays was getting ready to host revellers at Onslow Oval in Camden, in Sydney's 南西, on February 17, until it was 発表するd that it will not go ahead.

In the same month, テント 政治家 Music Festival cancelled their event just weeks before it was 予定 to kick off with org anisers, 非難するing the 'impossible' 経済的な 気候.

It was 始める，決める to go ahead on February 17 at Mt Duneed 広い地所 in Geelong, Victoria, but was 軍隊d to 申し込む／申し出 ticketholders a 十分な refund after it was canned.?

Earlier this year, Vintage Vibes festival was cancelled two weeks before the event held at Tomich ワインs in Woodside in the Adelaide Hills.?

Organisers took to social マスコミ 発表するing the festival on January 27 and 28 was cancelled 予定 to ''増加するd 圧力 on 供給（する） chains' and '転換s in 経済的な 気候s'.?

International headliners Rudimental and Groove Armada were 始める，決める to line up と一緒に 地元の 行為／法令／行動するs DMA's, Meg Mac and Cub Sport.

Around the same time 2023 and 2024 music festivals 沿岸の Jam and 落ちるs were scrapped.?

READ MORE:?Splendour in the Grass: Kylie Minogue line-up, cost of living 危機 and poor marketing 非難するd by Gen Z as music festival is cancelled

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