NATION: No job snobs, says Eric. Sending job applications to Senator Abetz …

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• Facebook: Sending job applications to Senator Abetz … As a community we should all get behind our good Senator in his mission to help those who cannot help themselves. Just posted: Call the office, 10 times a day, be persistent, jobs WILL appear. As if by magic. Winners are grinners, the early bird catches the worm, laziness is not next to godliness.

• Simon Warriner, in Comments: Over the years I have applied for a few jobs, and dealt with hundreds of job seekers. Doing so in a courteous manner takes time. Sometimes lots of time. 16,000 unemployed people on the NW Coast looking to lodge 40 job applications a month is going to waste a hell of a lot of time and money for the employers in this region. That time is worth money that would otherwise be profit. Senator Abetz’s policy is an impost on every business, and it will be bitterly resented by many business owners. It is also reminiscent of many campaigns by politicians to demonize a particular “other” in a society to further their own narrow political ends. No government that engages in that tactic is one worth having.

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• Wayne Francis, in Comments: Thanks Eric, you are such an inspiration to the Australian people. We are delighted to accept your offer of work for the greater glory of the Commonwealth of Australia in return for the pittance known by your government as a benefit. Thank you for taking out Australian citizenship so you could remain in your elected role and guide us in our hours of need since your Liberal and Labour predecessors have and continue to be guided by wealthy importers in past and future decisions to close down manufacturing and Australian self reliance into the bright future. Please let me know ASAP when I can start work in your office to help you explain to your fellow Aussies what your aims and objectives really are. We may need to meet over lunch beforehand so you can explain them to me first as I should really get to know your aspirations for a brighter future for all Austalians before I can accept a role.