Operation Reducing The Welfare of Our Nation. by Rossleigh Now, some people are complaining about the Abbott Governments latest attempt to help the unemployed find work arguing that working 25 hours a week for $250 dollars is less than the minimum wage, and that forty applications is excessive. Forty applications a month. Thats only two a day right? So if one sends them by mail, thats only a bit over a dollar which leaves plenty of change from your $36 a day. And public transport is very cheap, so attending your work-for-the-dole scheme will hardly cost you anything. Remembering that theres a six month waiting period for those under 30 where theyre still expected to meet the work test, I do concede that the price of postage may be a bit hard for those who arent receiving anything yet, but perhaps the Abbott Government could introduce some sort scheme along the lines of HECS where they can have their postage and stationery costs paid for up front, and pay back the loan when they hit the dole jackpot (as one Murdoch paper referred to unemployment benefits.) But if you think you can get around this by using technology think again. As The (Un)Australian tells us. UNEMPLOYED people will be penalised if they indiscriminately spam employers with applications rather than make genuine efforts to find work. Jobseekers who do not use a range of job search techniques — or approach a range of would-be employers — will face compliance, said a spokesman for Assistant Minister for Employment Luke Hartsuyker. This may include financial penalties or payment suspensions. Under the new employment services 2015 model, which will compel jobseekers to apply for 40 jobs a month, providers will be able to initiate compliance actions against those whose efforts are clearly unsatisfactory or non-genuine. Unemployed people can use technology to make jobseeking more efficient, but may be penalised if it can be shown that their use of technology is not part of a genuine effort to find work. Tony Abbott said small business should want jobseekers knocking at their door, responding to complaints from business that new requirements will be too onerous. So there you have it. If you dont apply for jobs, you have your benefit cut. But if you dont use a range of methods, you have your benefit cut. If youre under 30, every six months you have your benefit cut. Thats providing that you prove that you spent the previous six months looking for a job, rather than food and shelter. If youre on a disability pension, its better if you can be moved on to unemployment benefits, because then we can cut your benefit without it sounding so bad. People who are in their sixties can have their benefit cut, and that wont be breaking the promise about not cutting pensions. And when you dont apply for a job as a taxi driver because you cant drive, we can cut your benefits because youre being too fussy. And when you do apply for a job as taxi driver, we can cut your benefits because youre just sending unrealistic job applications. When the Liberals announced their intention to reduce welfare, most people presumed that they meant the second definition, but when it comes to less affluent Australians its starting to look more like the first. welfare: noun 1. the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.. 2. statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need. P.S. On another note, the ABC fact checker announced that the the Government had only broken 9% of its promises. Mm, I wonder if some lawyer may try arguing that his client only broke into 9% of the houses in the town as a reason not to argue that hes guilty of burglary. And I seem to remember that ONE so-called broken promise from 2010 was enough for some to argue that we needed a fresh election! theaimn/operation-reducing-welfare-nation/
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:56:52 +0000
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