Clive Palmer says no to 6month dole wait

Palmer it appears, after colluding with Abbott to repeal the mining tax, has retained his conscience as an Australian when it has come to gov legislation dealing with the poor. Perhaps it's because of this foul compromise with Abbott's mining tax repeal and the resulting public backlash over it amongst ordinary Australians outside the rarefied Rinehart atmosphere, that he now appears to be going populist again and trying to shore up that backlash? Who knows how this loose-canon works? Seriously, does anyone?

So Clive has come out now on the side of the poor, in this case the unemployed. In regards to the gov's proposed 6 month a year without a cent for under 30's (they must be thinking of "normal" under 30's who live off mum and dad's teat until they're 30) he has canned any gov compromise on it:

Clive Palmer has given the kiss of death to the Abbott government's apparent compromise on tough new dole rules for young unemployed people. 

To try to win crossbench support for its changes, the government might accept reducing from six months to one its initial waiting period plan for Newstart payments. But that's not good enough for the Palmer United Party. 

"If we support those things, we have got to say are we in favour of increased youth suicide or are we in favour of increased crime," Mr Palmer told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday. 

Nor does the government have the backing of another key crossbencher. "I wouldn't support allowing a genuine jobseeker to have to wait for (even) one day," Family First senator Bob Day said. more  

Interestingly, Family First is an otherwise conservative party.