The Labor government is dismantling much of the previous government’s legislation because it was a failed government that, after governing for eight years, left a legacy of neglect, incompetence, maladministration and confusion in most areas like education, defence, foreign affairs, energy, climate change and welfare (Robodebt). It was also led in its later years by probably the worst PM since Federation. The statistics cited by Jan Fisher indicate that the hotline was a costly and ineffective failure and hence the Labor government has decommissioned it. KSS is not thinking clearly in implying that Labor ideology is to favour rorting of the welfare system and has also bought the myth of Labor governments being higher taxing governments and poorer economic managers. The issue of how best to ensure “princely” unemployment benefits go to those who deserve them is a difficult one but the failure of the “jobdobber”system surely indicates that it is a very small minority who view unemployment as a lifestyle choice. The unskilled and uneducated will always battle to find employment as they do not have the skills and /or training in a society where blue collar jobs have reduced over the years.
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