Andrei.Hicks wrote on May 1^st, 2011 at 9:37am:



MORE than you?

How the smack do you work THAT out?

You accepted a $5k baby-bonus that you neither
needed NOR deserved.

That $5k is FOUR FRACKING MONTHS' worth
of 'benefit' for someone who is out of work.

And yet you begrudge them the ridiculous
pittance they DO get.

And THEN have the GALL to believe that YOU
should have the right to decide how they spend it.

Disgraceful.

They must delude themselves people are on the disability pension or the dole because they love it or something - you have to wonder what goes through the mind of the social darwinist persecutors sometimes.   They are never happy unless they have somebody to dump on.

If there were fewer barriers to employment for the disabled, then more of them would be working already!

Most disabled people aren't refusing work - they're simply not being offered any!  This applies to most of those who have been transferred from some other form of long-term welfare payment and effectively-'parked' on the DSP...

The government are saying they will create 500,000 new jobs. How will they do this? By making unemployed people enter training to get them off
dole queues. Why don't they just say there will be no more dole or disability pensions, instead everyone has to enter mandatory training, I mean that's essentially what this new scheme is anyway, why not just say it? They aren't creating 500,000 new jobs, they are creating 500,000
new training places.

I'm sure many of these people have taken the initiative to get re-trained all by themselves. Training does not = a job.

Why doesn't he tell the truth and say youth allowance for students is a whole lot less than the disability pension. Good one Wayne.
.............................................................
Wayne Swan to push welfare recipients in new budget

WAYNE Swan will unveil a budget forecast of 500,000 new jobs on May 10, with welfare-to-work to form the centrepiece of his reform agenda.

Long-term unemployed and disability pensioners will be targeted with new requirements to engage in training, literacy programs and support to improve workforce participation.

Facing a deficit blowout of $50 billion sparked by plunging tax revenues, the cyclones and floods, the Budget will also confirm the states stand to lose $8 billion in GST revenue over the next five years as cautious consumers spend less.

But in an interview with the Sunday Mail, Mr Swan refused to be drawn on whether the Government would consider budget nasties such as tougher rules or a means test for the Medicare Safety Net, the cost of taxpayer-subsidised prescription medicine, or the cost of visiting a GP.

The Treasurer said the best policy the Government could adopt to help families with the cost of living was to ensure they had a job. "We think it's vital, given that we have such a strong pipeline of work coming through, that we do everything we can to ensure those people who have the capacity to work are in a position to take up the opportunities in the workforce," Mr Swan said.

"This Budget is really about jobs. It's about getting back into black, it's about getting more Australians into work," he said.

"And it's about spreading the opportunities of the boom. The Budget will forecast 500,000 new jobs between the March quarter of this year and the June quarter of 2013."

Mr Swan said this jobs growth was the reason why it was so important the Government honoured its pledge after the global financial crisis to return the Budget to surplus and put downward pressure on interest rates. "It is abundantly clear there are many who may, if they had the opportunities to get the skills to get the work experience, go into new jobs," he said.

"I've been focused very much on ensuring that Australians who have got the capacity to work can access opportunities to get a job." Mr Swan was not prepared to put a figure on how many Australians the Government expected would get a job and then no longer require welfare, but he conceded many people would require costly, intensive assistance.

"No, it's not possible to really put a final number on that. Their needs vary dramatically," he said.

Government sources have suggested the state of the Budget was so dire the Government had considered - and rejected - the sale of Medicare Private.

Mr Swan refused to be drawn on whether it had been considered after the election.

The Sunday Mail has confirmed the Expenditure Review Committee - the budget razor gang - considered and rejected means testing the 50 per cent childcare rebate on April 18.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/budget-to-push-welfare-to-work/story-e6frfm1i-1226047767163#ixzz1L3uFQdN7

Quote:


I am adding the screenshot of this article to my case against the Government of further illegal work abuse, persecution and cruel and unusual punishment.

Prevailing wrote on May 1^st, 2011 at 11:53am:



I should have phrased my post better - I was referring to those on the DSP and not to the 'disabled' per se...

As you may recall, I have a 16 year old son who has multiple disabilities, the most obvious being Spastic Cerebral Palsy - he faced barriers even to doing Year 10 'Work Experience' and he faces the same issues with gaining part-time employment...

Mention a physical disability to a prospective employer and they typically think to the effect of, 'burden, time off and OH&S risk' - and their carers are regarded as a time off risk by employers too...

Mention a mental health issue and employers are also reluctant to employ...

The simple fact is, that many people are 'unemployable' - by virtue of never being given a fair chance to gain skills and experience...

That's just those with disabilities and their carers!  As others have mentioned, those who are mature aged or have other caring responsibilities face similar barriers to employment - from employers who are unwilling to take them on...



Edited:

<<And just WHERE are these 500,000 new jobs coming from?>>
................................................................................
.......

This is the sh1t that comes out of their mouths. Governments can't create jobs except if they create government jobs, but I thought they were cutting back on the public service.

He is saying that the 500,000 people who are now trained will slip into a job. So we have 500,000 more employed people and 500,000 less on the dole queue.

He really doesn't care if these people are employed or not, as long as they are not counted as unemployed. A ruse to make them look like a competent government.

He knows the unemployment figures are HIGH, maybe they are so high that the ABS are having trouble fudging them now.

There are no 500,000 new jobs or old jobs for that matter.

Remember the training keeps the job-seeker agencies in business, that's the main thing. Maybe they should create 100,000 more job agencies then everyone would be in work lol