My comments here may not sit well with some but the truth hurts.

Australias minimum wage is the problem. You simply cannot have someone who sweeps the street earning the same as a bus driver etc.

If you have a lower end job - you should be paid accordingly NOT a minimum wage.

It's our own stupid fault for protecting those who don't want to better themselves - they have little or no reason to.

IF you are a garderen and want more mooney - learn to drive a truck and move up the skills and pay scale. Still not enough, then go to TAFE and learn extra skills and get a better job with higher pay.

As it is now we reward bogans for having babies for Gods sake - that is sheer lunacy!!!


You said what I wanted to say. I just didnt have the balls to say it.  Our welfare system kills us.  I know of tradies earning 6 figures who get benefits.  I have a problem with supporting people who do things beyond their means such as have babies they can't afford.  A work aquaintance who earns very good money has a 17yo daughter who is pregnant.  The allowances she gets living under his roof are incredibly generous.  

Someone has to pay.