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Re: Take Up Fruit Picking In Tasmania He Said.
Reply #15 - May 26^th, 2014 at 7:45pm

Vic wrote on May 26^th, 2014 at 10:24am:

Senator Abetz: ''If people can come from overseas to pick the fruit in Tasmania one wonders why potentially young unemployed Tasmanians couldn't do the same task

Dear Senator

People don't come from overseas to pick the fruit in Tasmania. They come over here on working holidays and need to work to maintain a visa and get it extended. They not only pick fruit in Tasmania, Dear Senator. The whole idea of working holidays is to travel around Australia, following the fruit/vegetable trail to earn money to go to the next place.

Is this idiot for real?

yeah what?

makes perfect sense to me... why aren't the lazy bastards picking fruit?

Tasmania has the highest unemployment rate in Australia so how is it there is one left job in the place?

I Travelled and Lived in Mildura picking fruit when I was young and unemployed at one time....

it was great!!!

I enjoyed it, I felt good about doing something and not just sitting around the house going "woe is me Cry

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I worked hard, drank a little and added some life skills etc to the resume..

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Re: Take Up Fruit Picking In Tasmania He Said.
Reply #16 - May 26^th, 2014 at 7:48pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 26^th, 2014 at 10:32am:

Do they want us to pay our way to Tasmania o take these jobs?

I bet you've got money for alcohol, smokes, phone, internet and all the other useless things of life...

spend $50 and get down to Tassie...

Travel the state while you are down there... its a fantastic state to visit..

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Re: Take Up Fruit Picking In Tasmania He Said.
Reply #17 - May 26^th, 2014 at 7:50pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on May 26^th, 2014 at 12:12pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 26^th, 2014 at 10:32am:

Do they want us to pay our way to Tasmania o take these jobs?

Of course.

Don't be surprised when you get there, you are told you must be staying at the backpacker hostel to work on the orchard.

I live in a fruit growing area and the locals can't get on, the jobs are strictly reserved for backpackes. The farmers do some sort of a deal with the hostel owners. I've spoken to some of the backpackers, the wages are atrocious, nothing more than pocket money after lodging has been deducted from their wages.

absolute crap...

the caravan parks are full of back packers during the season...

if you work hard you can make good money..

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Re: Take Up Fruit Picking In Tasmania He Said.
Reply #18 - May 26^th, 2014 at 8:34pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on May 26^th, 2014 at 7:44pm:

Just on the news. The orchard owners don't want our unemployed, said they are of no use to them, they never advertise for them because the work only lasts for about six weeks that's why they get backpackers and itinerants, people passing through. The farmers said to the government.....don't dump your unemployment problem onto us.

She didn't say the backpackers work for a bowl of rice, I suppose she didn't want to draw attention to that.

Case closed.....no one is going fruit picking. Another government fail!

Y'know, that kinda makes sense, if you can think outside the 'square' of the 'Young unemployed are all bludgers and
refuse to look for work. Let's force them to go fruit-picking or lose their dole' mentality.

Like, why drag untrained and inexperienced people away from their homes and families for what amounts to only a few
weeks' work when there is already a tailor-made itinerant workforce of backpackers and those who 'follow the fruit' to
choose from? Many of whom are already trained and experienced, and ready to go.

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IQSRLOW Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 1618	Re: Take Up Fruit Picking In Tasmania He Said. Reply #19 - May 26^th, 2014 at 8:39pm Makes sense. Unemployed lefties would be the worst type of employees. Wouldn't know a hard days work and would whine and moan about everything. 'Ive got blisters wahhhh' 'the toilet paper hurts my bot bot wahhhh' 'Im going to see the union wahhhhh'
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 25115 Gender:	Re: Take Up Fruit Picking In Tasmania He Said. Reply #20 - May 27^th, 2014 at 3:54am Kytro wrote on May 26^th, 2014 at 10:19am: With a limited number of positions, you can't expect everyone to do this. Of course not, but you must admit he does make a very good and valid point.
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Re: Take Up Fruit Picking In Tasmania He Said.
Reply #21 - May 27^th, 2014 at 6:24am

Armchair_Politician wrote on May 27^th, 2014 at 3:54am:

Kytro wrote on May 26^th, 2014 at 10:19am:

With a limited number of positions, you can't expect everyone to do this.

Of course not, but you must admit he does make a very good and valid point.

I'd say he and his cronies would make a better point if they said we have a fantastic plan to rebuild Australia and make it viable with full employment - jobs are on offer in the Pilbara and the Lake Eyre Basin for people willing to live in simple accommodation at a fair rate while working at full rates to develop major projects that will see Australia into the 22nd Century on a new wave of prosperity.

Infrastructure! Join the Gold Rush NOW!

Instead we have - Infrastructure - let's join the gold rushers in their fracking of resources and pretend we are building highways/railways for the future!

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