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Abbott says yes

No more dole, Tony Abbott warns the under-30s


TONY Abbott has proposed banning the dole for young people in a bid to fill the massive skills shortages in the resources sector.

He said that cutting dole payments to people aged under 30 would take pressure off the welfare system and reduce the need to bring in large numbers of skilled migrants to staff mining projects in Western Australia and Queensland.

But Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lambasted Tony Abbott's idea as "policy making on the run".

"I just think it's time Mr Abbott had some sort of work on these sorts of questions," Mr Rudd said.

Mr Abbott told the business leaders that safety mechanisms would be needed under such a scheme to protect disabled people or those with mental health problems.

And he raised the possibility that employers would need to be given funding to train the unemployed, according to those present.

Some of the business leaders were surprised by the remarks, while others were impressed Mr Abbott was considering new measures to address the labour shortages in Western Australia that threaten to crimp the next resources boom.

"I thought to myself: here is a guy who thinks outside the square," said one participant.

The Minerals Council of Australia said the number of workers in the resources sector would need to grow by about 86,000 in the next decade to maintain Australia's share of global minerals markets.

It said 31,000 of those workers would need to be skilled tradespeople.

The demand for labour is expected to be most severe in Western Australia, which has about $200 billion in resources projects either under way or in the pipeline.
No more dole, Tony Abbott warns the under-30s | News.com.au

how about that
 
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Agreed, they don't benefit our society so why should taxpayers provide for them?
 

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cripples and the mentally retarded and people with long term illnesses dont benefit society so why should we provide for them
 

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I don't see any flaws in a policy of discriminating against an age group and sending them to the mines.

Why doesn't the government just allocate jobs for all of us? Der volkische staat!
 
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tony abbot: dumb cunt, leader of the opposition
 

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lose your job: go to the mines

be made redundant: go to the mines

don't like mines: become a mime
 

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How about abolish the tax-exemptions of his beloved religious institutions, or his ridiculous lurks and perks, or his pension.
 

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What if the companies in WA don't employ them? What happens then?
 

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Anyone else get the feeling he's trying to buy WA's support after Rudd lost it in the Health Care reform?
 

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How did he lose WA's support? That's an utterly ridiculous assertion.
 

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Lol WA will be inundated with miners if it actually went through.
 

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