Sunday, February 26, 2006

Aborigines choosing welfare

Many supporters of the welfare state deny that people choose welfare over work, even when evidence is as conclusive as this;

The Australian reports;
AUSTRALIA'S peak indigenous land management body wants the welfare rules for Aborigines tightened, after revealing more than 40 per cent of its workforce is white because Aborigines are refusing regular paid work.

The Indigenous Land Corporation, a taxpayer-funded body charged with buying land and businesses to support indigenous entrepreneurs, has put forward a "get to work" plan after years of frustration at trying to recruit and retain workers from Aboriginal communities.

The situation is so dire the ILC has had to recruit backpackers to run some of its eight cattle properties and tourist resorts, which are intended to provide work opportunities and hope for indigenous Australians.


Reminds me of the situation here with backpackers getting special work permits to pick the fruit local beneficiaries won't. Crazy.

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