@chameleon54 wrote:
@rogevibe wrote:
@davewil1964 wrote:
@rogevibe wrote:been talk of letting in guest workers in the thousands for the harvest trail - international fly in fly out - not housers from outer Sydney ...
No mention of testing or 14 day isolation - seems the consensus is that these workers will be isolated enough - however how do they safely transit , how will local supervision remain uncontaminated ?
How long can covid survive if frozen ?
If this is decided , who will be clearly responsible for any outbreak ?
Is 4 nationally local long term unemployed working 4 hour per day shifts better than 1 imported
"experienced and hardened worker" from a relatively pandemic region regarding infection risks to the wider long suffering community ?
Is 1 imported worker prepared to do the work, for the pittance offered, better than 4 local long term unemployed who won't do the work, is the question
I am thinking single long term unemployed , they could be coaxed into picking work if suburban standard accommodation was provided , piecemeal picking work earnings are not dole deducted ( single job seeker is 60% under the poverty line) , free transport, civilised start of work time, shifts of 4 hours max. effective protective gear provided,
Something unsettling about a country that can not provide it's own required workforce - like a beached whale seemingly enjoying the sunshine.
One of my kids worked in the horticultural industry doing the same work as backpackers around 18 months ago. Sure the hours where long but he was clearing over $1000 per week which was reasonable money for a teenager with no previous experience.
Australians have just become too soft and mollycoddled. To few know how to work hard any more. Heaven help us if we ever had to go to war.
If there is any good to come out of COVID it might be that it cleans out some of fluff and fat built into our labour and social systems. Too many people sitting in padded chairs, drinking coffees and watching the clock all day and too few actually doing anything meaningful or constructive.
That's why our living standards and wages have been stagnating for the last decade. Unless Australians can start being a bit more industrious, self reliant and entrepreneurial the country will continue to stagnate and fall behind other more progressive and resourceful nations.
Well done at less than $20 an hour.
