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艾博特建议取消30岁以下救济金领取资格以鼓励年轻人去工作，来缓解澳洲严重的技
工短缺问题。
陆克文同时却在放宽救济金领取审核制度。从7月份开始，救济金领取人将通过网络或电
话向Centrelink汇报寻工进展而不需要去Centrelink当面汇报。
http://www.news.com.au/money/mon ... rfmd9-1225856181945
No more dole, Tony Abbott warns the under-30s
Abbott suggests cutting dole for under 30's
Says it would force people to take jobs
Rudd relaxes dole reporting rules
TONY Abbott has proposed banning the dole for young people in a bid to fill the massive skills shortages in the resources sector.
The Federal Opposition Leader raised the controversial idea during a two-hour meeting with senior resources industry leaders in Perth on Monday night, The Australian newspaper reports.
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 Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes attacked Mr Abbott's remarks.
"If he genuinely thinks you are going to solve an economically crippling skills shortage by taking punitive measures against welfare recipients, he has clearly never lived in the real world," Mr Howes said.
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Mr Abbott also 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.
A spokeswoman for Mr Abbott told The Australian that Mr Abbott's comments did not mean the approach was Coalition policy.
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.
Rudd relaxes dole rules
Meanwhile critics are claiming the Rudd Government has gone soft on job seekers, relaxing the rules under which they are required to report to Centrelink.
From July, job seekers would have the option of meeting reporting requirements online or by phone rather than fronting up to a Centrelink office.
More intensive personal contact interviews conducted on a six- or 12-weekly basis.
Human Services Minister Chris Bowen said the change did away with unnecessary time spent reporting and allowed people more time looking for work.
"It's the biggest change to job seeker interaction with Centrelink in decades," Mr Bowen said. "But it will not diminish their obligations when they are receiving income support. The same penalties for non-compliance will still apply."
The Director of the Welfare Rights Centre Maree O'Halloran said for some people the changes would lead to problems with engagement.
"Welfare Rights' main concern is that some people may end up with large debts if they do not have regular, personal contact with a Centrelink officer."
The Coalition's employment participation spokesman, Mathias Cormann, said the change was a false economy.
"If we're serious about getting people on welfare back into work then this is yet another step in the wrong direction," Senator Cormann said.
"Government processes around income support should be designed so that compliance with mutual obligation can be properly monitored and enforced."
He said since coming to office, Labor had been watering down mutual obligation.
"People on the dole should work for the dole unless there are very good reasons why they can't. |
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