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27/06/22

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Originally posted by bacci ↑

We should let our pensioners work if they wish.
Currently they effectively can't because they are both taxed and have their pension cut for earning over $300/fortnight. At $25/hour that's 6 hours a week they can work.
Many like the Swedish backpackers meeting "drop bears" but lets look after Granny first.

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the reason there are no fruit pickers is because all the backpackers are working in the mines.

they have been hired by agencies which have skirted the visa requirements with the blessing of the state and fed governments.
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