Sheer lunacy not to have every unemployed person under the age of 45 doing something to

1  contribute back and thus feel incorporated in society
2  raise their sense of self esteem
3  meet new friends as they share in the joy of work
4  meet new contacts which is where 95 % of people find their work contact.

only an absolute clown would not be 110 % behind this wonderful initiative.

Past experience shows that work-for-the-dole programs do not help people get jobs. Under the previous Coalition government's scheme, only about one in three participants were still employed three months after the program," she said.      

"The money would be far better invested in programs which we know work ... like Wage Connect [which provides a subsidy for employers who employ long-term unemployed job seekers on a continuing basis].

''Nearly half the participants in Wage Connect were in paid employment at the end of the six-month program."

Labor employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor blasted Mr Hartsuyker on Monday for what he described as a ''rehashed election announcement''.

Mr O'Connor said it was alarming that after almost five months in government, the Coalition could not provide any details of its policy.

"Where are the concrete details when it comes to this expanded work-for-the-dole scheme? How much will it cost, how will it work and how many people will be involved?''

The employment spokesman told Fairfax Media that not only was the Coalition's idea ''not new, the evidence suggests it doesn't work''.      

"People on Newstart and other income support payments already have strict requirements to make sure they are looking for work or studying, and there are penalties for failing to meet those requirements. This is about the government trying to get a good headline – they aren't helping a single person into a good, stable job."

Shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh argued that work-for-the-dole had been proven to be ineffective.

''The challenge with work-for-the-dole is what the evidence says,'' he says.

He pointed to a 2004 Melbourne University study of work-for-the-dole, which found the program had a ''large and significant adverse effect on the likelihood of exiting unemployment payments''.

The study suggested that those on work for the dole were hampered by a ''lock-in effect,'' which reduced the time they spent looking for paid work.      

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/focus-on-young-jobless-in-abbott-governments-enhanced-work-for-the-dole-20140127-31hts.html#ixzz2rdKM1Bcm

Sheer lunacy not to have every unemployed person under the age of 45 doing something to

1  contribute back and thus feel incorporated in society
2  raise their sense of self esteem
3  meet new friends as they share in the joy of work
4  meet new contacts which is where 95 % of people find their work contact.

only an absolute clown would not be 110 % behind this wonderful initiative.

It doesn’t need a link ol’ fella, just use your brain.

Travel to where you have to do menial, meaningless, degrading work

Do menial, meaningless, degrading work

Travel back home.

No time to look through paper for jobs, not in fit state to go to job interviews after doing menial, meaningless, degrading work.

Etc.

After a while menial, meaningless, degrading work has degraded you that all you want to do is sit at home chugging longnecks.

See previous WftD schemes if you are too stupid to work it out yourself.

I have also employed someone who was looking for work, required courses were basic, useless and disrupted by those bored out of their mind by the useless courses. Picking up rubbish—you REALLY trying to say that makes you more fit for work???

aquascoot wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 8:21am:

Picking up rubbish is SO uplifting of self esteem, FMD!

St George of the Garden wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 8:23am:



Marvellous sense of achievement in creating beautiful litter free areas. People spend a lot of their free time creating beautiful gardens. Think of the joy of cleaning up a park and the satisfaction of "a job well done"
Whilst picking up litter in the park, there is an opportunity to work on physical fitness.
Perhaps someone picnicing in the park is an employer who will be impressed by the dole collectors "whistling smiling happy enthusiasm'

Why are people so negative....negatitivity is how you end up on the dole in the first place. it is a downhill spiral.  Shame on you george

“anything but work for the dole.”

Listen you brainless twat—most unemployed want PAID WORK! Paid work is what raises self esteem!