Sixty-three-year-old jobseeker forced to make 250km round trip to keep welfare benefits | Australia news

I think it's cruel for the sake of reducing expenditure. And the intent isn't to be cruel its to reduce costs. The impact is this woman needs to drive 250km a fortnight, well that sucks for her. I don't know what you want me to say. I want to feel bad for all these people but I've never been on the dole and I live in Sydney by choice to have access to services in a job that pays well that I hate, so that I have options. I want to be a park ranger loving in the Daintree but I choose not to because a) I'd suck at it and b) I'd have less options.

If you live in regional SA and work casually in a cafe it's not surprising your hours get cut and you have to drive long distances for basic services. I'm sorry but I can't bleed for everyone I donate to east Timor ever paycheck I get because i

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