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Letters: 'I would far prefer to have not needed to go to Nowra for the CT scan'

Updated September 24 2019 - 12:08pm, first published September 23 2019 - 10:42am
PIC OF THE WEEK: Burrill Lake sunset by Mike Pool. Send your photos to editorial@ulladullatimes.com.au
PIC OF THE WEEK: Burrill Lake sunset by Mike Pool. Send your photos to editorial@ulladullatimes.com.au

Drug testing distraction

The Morrison government is using its proposal to drug test unemployed people on Newstart as a distraction from the its failure to repair the structural faults in the Australian labour market. There are many more unemployed and underemployed people than there are full-time job vacancies. This is particularly true in regional areas like ours. Many employers report the skill sets they need in newly created jobs are not available from the people who apply for those jobs. This is because the government has failed over many years to use the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system, including state TAFE systems, to provide affordable and accessible retraining opportunities for unemployed people in job skills areas needed in the emerging economy. Drug testing will achieve nothing and will actually divert much needed funds from job retraining programs. We should expect better from our governments.

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