Lazarus wrote:The recent change in federal government seems to have been merely a change of players, not ideology.
I've been following the jobs summit.
Industry and business are supposedly screaming for employees, there is talk of increasing migration to help with the shortage.
I've applied for over 30 jobs this year and only one person had the decency to admit that nobody is likely to hire a person with a disability if they can avoid it and that Equal Opportunity Employer means nothing more than the equal opportunity to apply.
The same people who have locked in tax cuts for those earning up to $4,000 per week, who have touted the idea of increasing the childcare eligibility for those earning up to $10,000 per week, have slammed the door on allowing those of us who "live" on an age or disability pension of around $400 per week of being allowed to work a few extra hours without losing our pension.
The reason given is that the budget can only afford to fund a limited amount of change.
When those on a high income receive such unneeded largesse they put put it in the bank for their next overseas holiday or toward a new Merc and is of little use to the economy in general.
When those of us struggling to pay the rent get an extra dollar it goes straight back into the economy, as the economic bump generated by covid assistance to those on the bottom clearly demonstrated.
The hope of some realistic change coming with the "change" of government has been short lived.
Take off the red or blue shirt, there's still the same sort of lady's dick hiding underneath.
Oldbloke wrote:ABC Just reported that pensioners will be able to earn more.
wanneroo wrote:The cold hard truth of life is this:
1. No one is ever going to care about you as much as you.
2. The government doesn't care about you.
3. Bureaucrats don't care about you, they got their paycheck and will do just enough to justify. They ain't worried about you when they go home tonight.
4. What party is what or what doesn't matter, all government exists for the point of expanding and growing it's own power and control, nothing more.
Once you get past expecting these people to solve your problem you will start looking for answers elsewhere.
Due to a situation I saw when younger, it's got me to work on multiple solutions because I realize several inevitabilities with life, I will eventually one day get old or get sick or both and I better set myself up with investments, insurance, multiple income streams or businesses with cash flow or if I don't have much of that, some ability to "work from home".
I empathize with your situation, $400 AUS$ per week ain't jack to live on, even if one lives a streamlined lifestyle. Personally I'd say this... forget all that noise, government handouts, programs, etc.. Wouldn't go out of your way to mention your disability. Identify something you think you can do and go for it. I've gotten into situations when my resume probably was not the best but I had the heart and desire. Businesses want people who will work. As a business person I'd hire a disabled person with a strong work ethic and desire to succeed that I can work to accommodate their disability over some physically fit person with no work ethic or desire.
Oldbloke wrote:Sounds like you have a lot of experience.
Don't know how debilitating your injury is.
But have you thought about training?.
TAE40116 – Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Train the trainer) isn't all that onerous. NFI what the cost is these days.
Lazarus wrote:
All good in theory wanneroo, unfortunately what I do best, earthworks and mining are those that rejected me first and most. Fair call, they mostly involve 10-12hr shifts and I don't have current certification.
I've operated everything but blast drills, starting in the 70s, but you need to have tickets and certification of competency these days which are prohibitively expensive.
As to not mentioning physical status, when they ask what I've been doing for the last 13yrs, I can lie to them and get binned or tell them I've been on the pension.
And get binned.
I've tried starting 2 different business ventures that fell over and cost more than they earned.
I'd really like to get into disability service work but again, certification costs are prohibitive.
I temper my frustration at the situation with the knowledge that I'm one of the lucky ones, I can look after myself, have permanent housing at a reasonable rent and a large property to wander and shoot on as much as I like.
There are many, many people who are catastrophically worse off
It frustrates me to know that things are as they are, but I subscribe to the old adage to "never let the bastards get you down" but it does give me the sh!ts.
cz515 wrote:....money is just fleeting and doesn't bring you happiness....
Lazarus wrote:cz515 wrote:....money is just fleeting and doesn't bring you happiness....
It does bring you a better standard of misery though