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Speaker 1: So we've got the job seeker numbers were up yesterday,

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Speaker 1: not good for the government's target, up eight thousand people

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Speaker 1: on the job seeker over the last quarter, a total

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Speaker 1: now two hundred thousand. The target for the government, remember,

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Speaker 1: is fifty thousand by twenty thirty. But a question arose

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Speaker 1: at Postcab yesterday should you be forced to move for

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Speaker 1: a job and should you be punished if you don't

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Speaker 1: move for that job? The Minister Louise ups and insisting

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Speaker 1: that the sanctions are just for those who are looking

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Speaker 1: for work and are not complying with those requirements.

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Speaker 2: They're not being punished if they can't find a job.

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Speaker 2: It's about the common sense steps that they need to

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Speaker 2: take and look for some people, they'll have a house,

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Speaker 2: they'll have kids in school, they'll bet a whole bunch

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Speaker 2: of life circumstances they have to deal with any mesd

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Speaker 2: you take that into consideration.

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Speaker 1: They're to a pay who district's being hammered by job

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Speaker 1: cuts recently, Western curtains the Marry's with us this morning.

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Speaker 1: Good morning Western, Yes, good morning Ryan, Good to have

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Speaker 1: you on the show. Tell me how are you guys

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Speaker 1: getting on one hundred and thirty job cuts from Windstone,

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Speaker 1: Pope are where is everyone?

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm moving around, Ryan, that's obviously You've got only

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Speaker 3: a limited number of opportunities in our district. So we

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Speaker 3: do have one or two businesses in the seasonal basis

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Speaker 3: that take people, and we traditionally have a high unemployment

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Speaker 3: rate in our area anyway. But to have two thirty jobs,

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Speaker 3: you know, taken away from us is a huge impact

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Speaker 3: in the economy, and we are losing these people primarily overseas.

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Speaker 3: Some of those go overseas with their skill sets, but

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Speaker 3: the mill impact is huge to us. But we're doing

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Speaker 3: our best as a council and as a community to

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Speaker 3: keep those people in our towns. And there's a huge

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Speaker 3: impact to us, you know, the families that have to

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Speaker 3: move away. Is this to me?

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Speaker 1: No, it's massive. Is anyone being forced to move or

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Speaker 1: is MSD saying we will pay you the job, seek

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Speaker 1: your benefit so long as you keep up with your

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Speaker 1: requirements until you find a job in the district.

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Speaker 3: Well, I're simply not there, Ryan. The jobs that these

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Speaker 3: people are accustomed to just simply not there. So you

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Speaker 3: can't just force people into other work that not skill

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Speaker 3: haven't got the skill sets a lot of the people

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Speaker 3: that the government is trying to focus on, as I understand,

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Speaker 3: the people that hadn't had jobs for some time, so

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Speaker 3: those jobs seekers, they don't have licenses, and it's just

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Speaker 3: unfortunate that, you know, we do see cuts in areas

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Speaker 3: like licensing for example. We understand next year the people

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Speaker 3: that deliver on licensing for example, are going to lose

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Speaker 3: their funding. For people that vulnerable people that need a license,

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Speaker 3: they sometimes can't afford to, you know, come in there

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Speaker 3: and go through the process for a car license, but

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Speaker 3: that funding is cutting, has been cut. So it's unfortunate

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Speaker 3: that on one hand, you know, we're trying to get

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Speaker 3: people into work, and then the other is that we

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Speaker 3: hear that they're funding going to be cut, so we're

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Speaker 3: trying to deal with with em Steve to try and

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Speaker 3: get that reinstated. So that's problem. I think.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that the hard Leg and a whole

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Speaker 1: bunch of others do great work with those with licensing

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Speaker 1: and Westin thank you very much for that. Sounds like

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Speaker 1: there's not much of an issue, more of a storm

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Speaker 1: and a teacup when it comes to claims that MISD

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Speaker 1: would force you to move and get out of town. Basically,

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Speaker 1: if you wanted to get yourself a benefit.

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