Pete's PointsNow we are being told that even though there are heaps of job opportunities in some locations, the price of housing is so high that people can not afford to live there? Have a squizz at the excerpts from the article below.
Is the world going crazy or what?
If the employers in the area were serious about their job shortages and really had a desperate need to get some people to undertake the work (up in Broome, as this example shows) then they would do what Australian companies and communities have had to do for years and that is to create the accommodation that is going to be required by their work force.
If areas of Australia complain that they cannot get workers to undertake the work, then how can they turn around and complain that they cannot accommodate the workforce that they need?
Mining companies, have in the past created entire townships to accommodate their workers. Where are the entrepreneurs who could start or expand the building of prefabricated housing? There is an industry in Australia which could actually get a whole leg up as a result of this 'crisis'.
When the Snowy Mountain scheme was new there was a huge demand and a rush to build what were really prefabricated houses that are still standing today and being well used by people all over the country.
We seem to be able to build cabins in caravan parks to accommodate the thousands of tourist that pay a visit to locations all over Australia. Why can't we do the same thing for people who want to work and where there is a need for workers?
Why are there not some enterprising people out there who can once again make a fortune by building and transporting prefabricated accommodation to where it is needed?
Wait, let me guess, the community leaders are, like many of the remaining unemployed, also wanting to reach into the pockets of people who are employed or have been employed until retirement and still making an effort, (tax payers in other words), and get subsidies into their communities from the Federal and/or state governments.
The real question is, who is the next in line to demand a hand out from tax monies so that they actually have to do nothing for themselves to solve their problems?I have often heard the story in the past that Australians look down on people who have been described as "whingers". Is this case any different?
If a community really wanted to ensure that they had people to undertake the work that was required they would band together and make things happen, instead of bleating about it in the press, in what seems like a precursor to demanding a hand out from the Government.
I think it's time for people to realise that communities are built be people who band together to get things done and not by government largesse. When people do band together to make things happen, what may seem like miracles, actually do happen.
There may well be hard times while people are doing it, at least they get the sense of a job well done when the job is completed and do not feel beholding to anyone else. They can and do pull themselves out of their problems by their own bootstraps.
In my view, it is time for many Australians to realise that in order to live in the 'lucky country' they actually have to make an effort!
To wait until someone gives them a hand out is simply self indulgent!
From the ABC
The Federal Government has been criticised for not thinking through the ramifications of encouraging people to relocate to find a job.
Under the plan those looking for work could be paid $5,000 to move from regions of high unemployment, to those crying out for workers, such as Western Australia.
But Broome Shire president Graeme Campbell says while there are jobs for the taking around the north of WA, there is simply no affordable accommodation available.
"We can't get builders building quick enough up here and that's across the state where delays are being experienced by everybody," he said.
"We've got delays up to a year before builders will even look at plans up here.
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