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Racism, innit? That work for the dole...
Aug 9th, 2019 at 7:31pm
 
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/aboriginal-groups-sue-govt-over-work-for-dole-...

"Nine Indigenous communities in rural Western Australia have started legal action against the Commonwealth, alleging the work-for-the-dole program is racially discriminatory.

The case has been brought to the Federal Court after two years of unsuccessful mediation negotiated under former judge Robert French, the ABC first reported.

The work-for-the-dole plan for remote communities, officially called the Community Development Program or CDP, has been criticised from the moment it was launched in 2015.

The program obliges payment recipients in remote communities to complete work-equivalent tasks. Missing a task sees payments stopped or even a penalty of $50 per day being applied.

The nine Aboriginal communities accuse the CDP of being more strenuous than the Jobactive scheme for non-remote populations – even though they result in the same welfare payments.

Each of the plaintiff communities reportedly are located within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, which is near the borders with South Australia and the Northern Territory.

The ABC reports the council area is one of the country's most disadvantaged, with a median weekly income of just $307. Nationally $899 is the median weekly income.

Earlier this year, the federal government's own evaluation of the CDP showed it only improved job outcomes by just 1 per cent.  And the program was more likely to suspend assistance to the most vulnerable – such as those with low language skills, a lack of transport, or physical or mental health issues."


Now THAT, Grasshoppers - is how Intervention works!!
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Reply #1 - Aug 9th, 2019 at 8:04pm
 
That's fair enough, they didn't work for 78,000yrs and that's why nothing got done, so it goes against their culture to start working now.
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Boongs are not a race.
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Johnnie wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 8:04pm:
That's fair enough, they didn't work for 78,000yrs and that's why nothing got done, so it goes against their culture to start working now.


... and after the sixth day, God said to the Boongs.. I'm gonna rest ... don't do nothing 'til I get back....
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 9:04pm:
Johnnie wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 8:04pm:
That's fair enough, they didn't work for 78,000yrs and that's why nothing got done, so it goes against their culture to start working now.


... and after the sixth day, God said to the Boongs.. I'm gonna rest ... don't do nothing 'til I get back....

And so they did.
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Reply #5 - Aug 9th, 2019 at 10:06pm
 
I kinda hope they win but not for the reasons they are doing it, WFTD is not very helpful and hopefully it will bring the whole lot down if they win. If there is work to be done, pay people properly with all the benefits workers get.
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I must stress that, at this time, I'm on the side of the Oppressed Boongs...... for the reasons outlined by Setanta.

What use is it cutting off income for an area with an average weekly income of $307?  What is that going to help?
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Reply #7 - Aug 9th, 2019 at 10:52pm
 
Nobody should have to work for the dole, it costs money to go to work, how can they afford that.

Boongs that choose to live in remote locations, by their thousands, need something to do or they all get on the piss together.
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Johnnie wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 10:52pm:
Nobody should have to work for the dole, it costs money to go to work, how can they afford that.

Boongs that choose to live in remote locations, by their thousands, need something to do or they all get on the piss together.


British Boongs?
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Johnnie wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 10:52pm:
Nobody should have to work for the dole, it costs money to go to work, how can they afford that.

Boongs that choose to live in remote locations, by their thousands, need something to do or they all get on the piss together.


Well... they reckon they got by without Whartey for - how many thousands of years was that again?.... whatever... surely they can get by without Whartey demanding they go to work for the dole....

FYI - I'm seriously pointing out two sides to this 'issue' .....
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 11:46pm:
Johnnie wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 10:52pm:
Nobody should have to work for the dole, it costs money to go to work, how can they afford that.

Boongs that choose to live in remote locations, by their thousands, need something to do or they all get on the piss together.


Well... they reckon they got by without Whartey for - how many thousands of years was that again?.... whatever... surely they can get by without Whartey demanding they go to work for the dole....

FYI - I'm seriously pointing out two sides to this 'issue' .....

Yeah but we gave them VB, we shouldn't have done that.
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Laugh till you cry wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 11:40pm:
Johnnie wrote on Aug 9th, 2019 at 10:52pm:
Nobody should have to work for the dole, it costs money to go to work, how can they afford that.

Boongs that choose to live in remote locations, by their thousands, need something to do or they all get on the piss together.


British Boongs?

Not to many British boongs living in remote locations in the middle of the desert, to many flies.
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Reply #12 - Aug 11th, 2019 at 9:23pm
 
Sniffing petrol.
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Reply #13 - Aug 11th, 2019 at 9:44pm
 
juliar wrote on Aug 11th, 2019 at 9:23pm:
Sniffing petrol.

I don't know if the boongs do that anymore, its VB or its nothing.
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Reply #14 - Aug 12th, 2019 at 9:57am
 
juliar wrote on Aug 11th, 2019 at 9:23pm:
Sniffing petrol.

We don't need a running commentary on what you're doing. This isn't Instagram.
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