THE BUDGET THREAD

[nero_bolt]

Have your say on the budget and what you think of it after its released.

[cherry*135]

A, for example, 27 year old loses their job (redundancy, not their fault) and they have to live on thin air for 6 mths before being eligible for the dole? 

I can understand that applying to an 18/19 yo who would most likely live at home with their parent(s) and at least have a roof over their head and some food.

Safer to stick to discussin the Budget, I would be disappointed if the mystery padlock got clipped on this thread.

[purple_haize]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

you do work Purple, you work from home and babysit your grandchildren 

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My grand children go to school and kinder, no I am on the aged pension, I am alot older than you................any way none of your business is it.

[izabsmiling]

It's public knowledge 

[boris1gary]

The government will also cut hospital funding to the states and territories. Billions slashed from hospitals.

That is a low act.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

I missed the bit about school chaplains. Obviously I'm naive, but I would have thought chaplain's wages were a church responsibility?

[boris1gary]

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@purple_haize wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@purple_haize wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

where are all the work for the dole positions?

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Plenty of work in the mines in WA

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off you go then....oh sorry you have to babysit and look after your carer

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Iza.............I cant go, my working days are over...............but hey you could go, would give you something to do, instead of being on here  all day, every day

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those mining jobs in WA aren't as easy to get as some might think.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

I wondered the same am3. Is it back home to mum and dad for them?

[cherry*135]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

where are all the work for the dole positions?

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They will create work schemes? Demeaning type work maybe... weeding parks, removing graffiti from public places etc

[i-need-a-martini]

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:
I wondered the same am3. Is it back home to mum and dad for them?

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Too bad if you don't have a loving family to go back to.

[freakiness]

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@am*3 wrote:

A, for example, 27 year old loses their job (redundancy, not their fault) and they have to live on thin air for 6 mths before being eligible for the dole? 

I can understand that applying to an 18/19 yo who would most likely live at home with their parent(s) and at least have a roof over their head and some food.

Safer to stick to discussin the Budget, I would be disappointed if the mystery padlock got clipped on this thread.

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That's scary.  That 27 year old is likely to have very young children and would be looking for a new job.  Not all redundancies have money attached, especially when so many people work on a contract basis with no redundancy clause applicable.