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Thousands of young people will lose access to unemployment benefits due to parental income testing being brought in on Monday.

The government has ended Jobseeker payments for 18 and 19-year-olds whose parents earn a combined income of more than $67,225.

In October last year, it was estimated that about 4300 young people would become ineligible for support as a result.

The change leaves some 18 and 19-year-olds to rely on their parents for support, unless they can prove they are unable or unwilling to.

Unemployment rates are currently at an 11-year high of 5.6 percent.

Beneficiary advocate Kay Brereton told Checkpoint the cut off point of $67,225 was outrageously low.

"If that offspring was 17, you’d still be getting a family tax credit at that rate.

“When this was introduced, we thought they would at least be looking at the same income cutoffs as they do for student allowance.”

The cut off for student allowance payments is currently a combined parental income of $131,670 when living at home with parents, or $141,451 if living away from parents.

With the end of the university year approaching and many students on the hunt for summer jobs, Brereton said she worries that many will be left in the lurch if they can’t find work.

"I’m really worried that there’s a whole lot of students, and they will look for holiday jobs. They don’t all find holiday jobs, they’re not necessarily living at home, they’re living out there in flats, wherever the university is, and they’re going to have no benefit to fall back on.

“I think a whole lot of students are on student allowance, where the cutoffs around $131,000, will be really shocked when they find out they can’t get a student hardship job seeker during the holidays, [then they] can’t pay their rent, they might have to move home, there might not be any room for them.”