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Welfare recipient a day moving to find work . the job relocation cash bonus scheme advocated by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Assistant Member for Employment, Luke Hartsuyker. Source: News Limited
LONG term welfare recipients are proving they are willing to pack their bags and move for a job opportunity.
The federal government has already handed out more than $220,000 in cash bonuses to Australians who have been on the dole for more than 12 months and are now moving to big cities or regional areas to take up jobs.
Tony Abbott's workplace relocation bonus, which pays jobseekers $6,000 to move to regional areas for employment, or $3,000 to take up a job in a metropolitan area, came into effect on July 1.
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In the past six weeks, 47 Australians who were previously in the dole queue have moved away from their homes for a job — meaning the scheme already has a take up rate of one person a day.
About two thirds of these previously unemployed Australians are moving to regional areas, with most people taking on jobs in the retail, construction, manufacturing, accommodation and food services industries.
Early data from the relocation program shows unemployed Australians are moving away from New South Wales and Victoria to Western Australia.
Assistant Minister for Employment Luke Hartsuyker said he was "encouraged by the positive response to date" and urged all unemployed Australians, particularly young jobseekers to take advantage of the bonus.
"The reality is that some areas will always have more jobs than others," Mr Hartsuyker said.
"Staying in a town where there are no prospects of a job and being stuck on welfare is a recipe for despair," he said.
"Staying in a town where there are no prospects of a job and being stuck on welfare is a recipe for despair" ... Assistant Minister for Employment Luke Hartsuyker. Picture: Amos Aikman Source: News Limited
Job-seekers who participate in the scheme can qualify for an additional $3,000 if they are moving with dependent children.
But tough penalties apply for candidates who leave, or are fired from, their new jobs before six months.
Those workers would likely find themselves ineligible to receive welfare payments for up to 12 weeks.
Similar penalties are slapped on those workers who say they are taking up a job but are yet to start their employment.
So far, 11 of the jobseekers who have received the government's incentive payments are yet to start their new jobs.
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