Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker says Australians need to have a “culture shift” in order to meet the increasing number of jobs available in regional Australia with the people who are struggling to find work. It comes as the agriculture sector struggles through a major labour shortage, meaning there are a vast number of jobs available in regional Australia; yet the nation’s unemployment rate continues to dip as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussing the issue, Sky News host Alan Jones posed the question as, “how do we match this army of unemployed people with the army of jobs that are available”. “We need to open our minds to the adventure that this can be, there is an awful lot of incentive,” Ms Stoker told Mr Jones. “This can be the new gap year in circumstances where people won’t go overseas for a while. “Part of it requires a culture shift, we need to be willing to go where the work is.
stoker_aj Bullshit...pay decent wages and there won't be any problems. Make Coles/Aldi/Woolworths pay farmers a decent price.
stoker_aj Liberal Senator stoker_aj need to have a “culture shift” in order to meet with the people who are struggling to find work.
stoker_aj Sure. Fund regions then. Increase access to mental health services. Increase visits of medical specialists. Increase subsidies for region allowances auspol
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