Work for the dole!

The Ngats seem hellbent on introducing a work for the dole scheme in spite of the failures of such shemes in the past and the injustice that such schemes often engender. And to add insult to injury they want to sublet to an Austrailain organisation. I wonder if this means I could work for the dole on Bondi beach?

“Key is rumoured to be a very big fan of the Australian charity organisation Mission Australia... Mission Australia could well be directly employed to midwife the changes to New Zealand social service delivery, via its own public/private partnership with a Key-led government.” At the very least, Mission Australia will be much cited as a model to emulate.” (Election08 blog, 2 Jul 08)

A 2001 evaluation of the Ngats 1990s work for the dole scheme (scrapped by Helen Clark) found that the scheme reduced the chances of people getting a job by cutting the time they had to search for jobs. (NZ Herald, 17 Jul 2008).

Work for the dole schemes keep unemployment figure artificially low, provide slave labour while limiting unemployed persons the opportunity to retrain and or search for new employment.