Workplace expert and report author Conrad Liveris told BuzzFeed News that young people and women are losing out on full-time jobs to older men.



"Full-time job creation is down 60% since 2010 when compared to [2000-2009], which is hitting young people hardest," Liveris said.

"Yet there are small gains in full-time jobs in the wider economy – young people and women aren't accessing them, so only older men can access them."



Liveris says the data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows jobs normally earmarked for young people are going to men in their 40s and 50s.

"This might be out of pity, as men in their 40s and 50s are expected to be breadwinners, so employers could be trying to support them so as to keep their families stable," Liveris said.

Each month more than 2,500 extra young people become underemployed, meaning they have a job but want to work more hours.