While the thread wandered about a bit it may have been my fault.
It should have started this morning.
And my absence did not help.
Now both Abbott and as of last night Gillard are on record we will have change.
I hope it is good well thought out change.
Strange that I, from a true battlers background, want to defend accountability in this area.
But I must.
In my pre teen age years dole was no walk up start,my dad went to a police station to get needed help.
In the 1970,s I was baffled by hearing in the pub after a hard day at work grown men brag about not having done a thing, on the dole.
We who worked thought of them as smart!
Life moved on my dad died and I took over as family head.
In time one of the nephews I was raising went on the dole.
He was unconvinced that a job was in his future quite happy to sit around
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In time I told my nephew of his grand father shirt stained in pure salt from sweat and how my generation would rather brag about how much we had done at work over a cold beer.
He remained unimpressed [by the way he never made it in life wasted every opportunity].
It may have been work for the dole or move to a new area or no dole but he was warned he would be cut off.
He took a tantrum, said this is unfair!
Be gentle on this reform folks, do not go in too hard.
My stand is built on my near coast but bush town,work here for every one who wants it and under standing.
If today work for the dole started 20.000 fraudulent claimers would be found out nationally.
We give too freely what others have busted their guts for no shame in working