work is  a habit like physical fitness.
people who wish to remain fit for life need to keep at it and have fitness as a 'way of life"

in the same way , you should view a "work ethic'

seriously, its NOT punishment.

is it punishment to go to a gym and do a 1 hour class.  its "work' but it gives joy and fulfilment.

a work ethic is the same.  work at it and you will grow to love it.  I always pick up litter when i'm out walking or fishing at a beach. its joyful. look at the smiling faces on people on "clean up australia day"

whats wrong with the sour pusses on here.  seriously

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Just seven hundred odd more sleeps and this government is out for good.

Actually, I was on the dole for a few weeks. Yes, I got a comfortable loving from my employment and then my businesses, they involved hard work tho—work M–F then on weekend do building work.

I don’t abuse the unemployed. I state the fact (from personal experience as I explained) that a small core don’t want to work/don’t want to work hard and long enough to get off the dole. That small core aside, unemployed people want real, paid work. WftD just degrades the self esteem/self worth of unemployed people and makes it harder for them to find work. This has been explained here.

Apart from all that, WftD is a deflection by the stinking Libs from the huge unemployment they are about to cause and the fact the Budget can easily be returned to a surplus by removing tax expenditures that cost tens of billions of dollars every year and benefit only the very rich,

warrigal wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 9:04am:

You need to add a couple more options;

— Is the Libs playing to their base

— Is a deflection from the huge unemployment they are beginning to cause.

skippy. wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 9:15am:


It might be taught in school, but that doesn't mean everyone 'learns' it..take a look around your local shopping centre, it's pretty clear a lot of people aren't capable of picking up rubbish.

warrigal wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 9:00am:



I pray for the day your english improves to a Grade 5 level so I don't have keep explaining the friggen obvious to you.

Not even talking about the unemployed here, let alone abusing them

I have been unemployed, then I wasn't, with no actual help from government, smart move really

And the only person here who has 'no fn idea' is your good self

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jan 28^th, 2014 at 9:13am:



BINGO!!! Someone pass that man a beer.

THIS is what I've been going crook about for years.

WfD has NO training component whatsoever, despite it being a
perfect opportunity for the unemployed to gain forklift/bobcat
tickets, chain-saw tickets, IT skills, work-platform tickets,and all
kinds of things that would actually assist the unemployed to gain
paid work.

This is why Keating's scheme, which Howard simply couldn't wait
to axe (took all of a fortnight, from memory) in favour of WfD.

The Keating plan guaranteed six months paid work (at a rate roughly
halfway between the dole and the relevant award) with a compulsory
relevant training component.

And it worked.

WfD does not.