Broke, Jobless & Losing My Family | Surviving On The Poverty Line

[Music] foreign [Music] Jenny and Julie have been seeing what it's like to survive on welfare she's proven that it is possible to raise a family on welfare she does it but how sustainable is that she's given over her life as well to care for for the man that she loves you know that's a massive sacrifice we need to get you out of this situation and we need to make sure that Bubba is all right but now it's time to try and get off welfare and into the workforce get off welfare and get into work that is the best form of support any Australian government can provide to the Australian people but first you have to find a job [Music] Sydney Julie Goodwin is up and ready to head out looking for work women over the age of 50 fall into the hardest category for finding employment having a job is so much more than just putting food on the table it's something to get out of bed for something to look forward to even something to complain about and to not have that that's not good it's not good for anybody at all in parts of Campbelltown the unemployment rate is almost twice the national average I haven't gone door knocking for a job since I was 14 years old so I've imagined that the that things have changed a little bit my first job was a retail assistant in a Noni B Store in Northgate Hornsby I just went from door to door for a job in I was 14 years and nine months I think that was the the legal date back then that you could go and get a job [Music] so using this approach Julie decides to hit the pavement the idea of just running up and cold calling a business and asking for work is a little bit nerve-wracking certainly not seeing very many uh position vacant signs on the windows there's obviously no point in me walking into a hairdresser and asking for a job there are nail salons I also am aren't qualified to do that [Music] good afternoon I'm very well thank you I was wondering if you would have any positions vacant if I was looking for work not at the moment yeah okay so it's family business are you family yeah Dad son and and another brother okay so I've got to bust into the family that's it that's it somehow will you marry me oh are they yeah all right are you on a job yeah yeah you're walking before not in a fruit shop but like but I'm looking for someone an experience with experiencing this kind of job in the Arabic stuff in Arabic stuff as well okay My Philosophy when I'm employing people has always been that you hire for attitude and you train um for the job but some businesses they're on the ground running they need people to be experienced and the only way to get experience is to get experience hello there I am well thank you how are you thank you I was wondering if you would have any jobs available in your shop no okay so that's another family business and he said I'm sorry that's who I'm taking care of if you're on welfare get a job it sounds so straightforward there's nothing straightforward about this [Music] when one does not have a bathroom mirror or a sink for that matter one does one's teeth Brushing in the kitchen sink in Surrey Hills Caleb's been living in a squalid one-bedroom flat rent is forty dollars a day so he needs to find work to cover that and all his other expenses I suppose what I have to now do is put myself in the shoes of someone who is on job Seeker who is coming from very little um and he's trying to get out of the welfare system for many Australians moving off welfare and into work can mean having to work multiple low-paying jobs Caleb's starting out with food delivery writing delivery driving is hardly the most glamorous job in the world it's generally migrants who do this kind of work I I think most um working to middle class Australians would see food delivery or um cleaning as below them Livery drivers and riders in Australia work as contractors they have no minimum wage no sick pay and no work cover in a six-week period at the end of 2020 five were killed while working on the streets of Sydney to show Caleb the ropes Muhammad will be his guide through the first few deliveries gentlemen kylem how are you Caleb nice to meet you Muhammad yes Muhammad has been working as a delivery rider for the past three years what's it like you have to be very patient all day on the roads patient with cars or anything what's the money like depends depends on what time you are working and how many hours you are working with Uber it pays four dollars which is the least delivery pays around 6 to 8 for that per delivery per delivery six to eight dollars if you were to work 20 hours a week you would be able to earn around 150 to 200 I feel a bit trepidatious about doing the delivery to be honest at the moment show me how this stuff works when you go online here see this kind of delivery is reasonably repetitious pick up food from one place and take it to an outside doing a job like this is reasonably dangerous I would have thought I've got enough money to eat but I haven't got enough money to cover anything else so suck it up princess with a bike and a phone anyone can start working as a food delivery writer with no training and no special license I guess this is not my typical line of work so I'm under no Illusions about the fact that I'm probably not going to enjoy it thank you so I've got to go that away that way yeah but you know workers work money is money foreign first trip done well I suppose I'm a bit exhilarated together I've had to dice it with some the Sydney traffic on a bike and so I'm sort of on the go a bit um but but I'm otherwise okay there's no dry gullies on these roads I'll tell you what ah for a delivery Rider to get close to Australia's minimum wage of just over 20 an hour they'll need to complete multiple jobs each hour overall just leave it here no worries thank you very much that trip was worth eight dollars and eleven cents to me so I am now sitting at 15.96 worth of earnings for um about an hour's work [Music] my first impression I feel pretty vulnerable on the road so I'm very stressed [Music] thank you very much see ya I am on edge I'm on edge four hours into his shift and Caleb has made six deliveries just hit 30.33 in earnings oh I'm here in one piece oh man my heart is uh going oh well it's hard it's hard work like [Music] so I sing in and out of traffic and like um cooked cooked I'm mentally exhausted as well as physically adrenaline keeps you going but pretty exhausting in the illawarra south of Sydney Jenny has been trying to live on the job Seeker allowance for the past six days a few dead cockroaches in the front room now she's going to try to get off welfare and into a paying job but currently she's having trouble just feeding herself I've got one banana that is looking a bit worse for wear but should be right in the fridge but I actually have white bread and I have the leftover chocolate so I've decided I'm going to um eat bread and chocolate and banana for breakfast and then I've got baked beans for dinner if I get no money and pizza shapes for lunch when living on welfare or a low income even simple tasks like washing and drying clothes becomes difficult checked out the laundry last night and it's not it's just a laundry trough there's no washing machine so I rinse some stuff out in the kitchen sink they're still not dry do I want to go to the laundromat and spend that money on washing my clothes alternatively I could just wear some classic clothes be a bit stinky and deal with it nah so it says a wash dry and fold surely that's not right per load is 22 bucks and then it says a half a load which is what I'd have because I don't have lots of clothes with me 15 bucks even the drying is 13 bucks I think which is more than what I've got for each day when I've got money I've got no money so I'm gonna walk down the street and see what it's like to actually go job hunting to see if I can get any casual work to get a bit of cash Jenny's targeting the businesses on the Main Street of Port kembla I can use a coffee machine I haven't done retail but I reckon um yeah if someone showed me how to use the machine I would probably be all right if cash is this tight I'm pretty much happy to do anything jobseeker is meant to help support people finding work but getting by on the amount is a challenge in itself let alone the stress of looking for a job Jenny is about to learn firsthand how hard it is we all know that when you're looking for work it's not easy you need to be able to get to and from interviews you need to be able to have access to a computer or Internet to be able to apply for jobs you need to be able to have decent clothes so that you can actually Rock up to a job interview if you get one now a lot of people that are in these scenarios that are looking for work don't have any of those supports or any of those things and by keeping those people in poverty while they're trying to look for work so that they are unable to attain any of those things or get that support is hugely problematic hello hi how you going hey how are you thanks how are you yeah good thank you my name's Jenny I actually am just wondering if you guys have got any casual work going at the moment uh yeah like a long time ago but I certainly I can use a coffee machine and make coffee and I've done like worked in lots of restaurants and bars and stuff no I don't have food prep experience no so um all right I appreciate your help thank you thanks a lot see you later bye-bye bye [Music] [Applause] I've certainly um gone into places in the past when I first moved to Sydney and had to just go cold into cafes and shops to ask if they've got any work so I've I've done that before but I haven't done it in a very long time and you forget how uncomfortable you feel and how demoralizing you feel hello good how are you yeah it feels uncomfortable to just get rejected you want to say oh but what if I just did this or what if I just did that but you know it takes a lot of courage to do that cheers see ya bye foreign the last shop open is the florist owned and operated by Renee so we don't have the work and we don't have the money and there's not the government funding to be able to allow us to employ anybody yeah that's all we can afford to have at this point in time yeah I'll leave you I don't want to interrupt your business you've got important work to do this is Pete this is my Apprentice oh hello Pete how are you lovely to meet you I'm Jenny how you doing Pete worked his whole adult life but when covert hit he lost his job and was forced to retrain oh 55 year old miles yeah I had three trades yeah and I couldn't get a cash drop now I am shift by trade yeah that is one of the best Industries to work so yeah this is what I was trying to rely on because I can make coffee but you reckon that's like at all [Music] Australians over 50 will spend twice as long looking for work than younger Australians I've heard people say that before just get off your ass and get a job and 20 years ago that was the case it was perfectly fine you can go to woolies you go to college you get a job working nightfill not a problem in the world you try and get that now it's it's impossible those jobs they're gone or they give them to the young kids now because of our age bracket we are so unemployable yeah the government wants to give everyone else yeah a hand up I've got to improve yeah that I'm valuable yeah yeah that sucks totally totally awesome having reinvented himself as a florist Pete now considers himself one of the lucky ones I feel amazing I feel proud but where where we work there's a um that means hostile upstairs and I see these blinds off you don't want to be lonely and old and have addictions and everything like that I think how did I get lucky it's I feel humble that's tough that's tough because [Music] the whole model is set up that it's like you work and you get a job and then you earn your money and then you're not in poverty anymore well that is not how it's working [Music] that's broken one quarter of Australians under the age of 30 need to work multiple jobs just to survive After High School Caleb moved straight into a Cadet shift and then a job as a journalist so he's never had to work multiple jobs growing up was was pretty normal parents went to work dad was a gardener mum worked in retail we we never struggled and that was something I'm very grateful for obviously of working for low pay reality is hitting home well in having done the the deliveroo stuff last night it's pretty lowly paid they're not meeting minimum wage basically 24 26.30 after paying my rent I think my quality of life is better working you know once I paid for my rent I had in my hand yesterday more than double what I had the day before Caleb heads back out for the dinner shift on the bike he's found a second job as a cleaner I don't think it's unfair to expect people to to make their own way or to to at least put in some effort you know not not everyone is going to succeed it's that is a fact of life but the effort is the main thing I think his cleaning partner for the day and fellow contractor is Jorge if you want me to sit in the front of the back [Music] um 38 year old Jorge is trying to get off jobseeker after losing his job at the height of the pandemic what did you do for work previously I was a car detailer for Toyota yep and so I got redundant about five of us or so got redundant from there was a shock yeah this is uh my mum's car but after I got redundant and all that stuff um I had to sell it pay rent Jorge and Caleb only have two hours to clean a four-bedroom house from top to bottom there's dust all up there take all that off yeah well this bench stuff needs to be done toilet I need to get right in the back there rubbish things be emptied here skirting boards along the stairs mirrors nice and clean it's about 10-15 minutes maximum on each room two hours isn't much for completing the job they'll receive 42 each okay let's get stuck into it glove up let's go time is money to be competitive and cost effective Caleb and Jorge need to work at Breakneck speeds you finished there yet no you've got to achieve a lot in in two hours little spots and it's a lot of pressure because you're only getting paid for that two hours there's no overtime I guess you're coming [Music] to come off wash them up yep all right in the corner see in there so not only are you going to be quick but you've got to be it's going to be done done right as well if you miss a couple of Parts you won't get the job back every job is important I suppose the sustainability of this kind of work really depends on your fortitude so when you need to finish up in here we're spend too much time a lot of people would struggle with it and a lot of people would probably weirdly Thrive off but I'll get you to start on this toilet yep so get the brush get on the insides but it would obviously grind you down if you were working for 21 an hour day in Day Out [Music] Jenny has spent the morning door knocking businesses looking for work a piece of white bread and a couple of pieces of chocolate for breakfast I've got some leftover sausages from last night so maybe I could eat that but yeah it's not looking pretty good after scouring the local area Jenny's managed to get a trial shift at a caravan Park as a kitchen hand with Chef John hello how you going I'm Jenny oh sorry I'm Nick no problems Nick I won't distract you you're uh you're in the middle of a thing those people out there look hungry the average wage for a kitchen hand is 19.54 cents an hour and this is the kitchen this is the kitchen John only works two shifts a week earning him 375 which is not much more than he'd receive on jobseeker well prep if I've got time during the day yeah yeah but if I don't have time I can't yeah if I do what I can do yeah not being able to secure enough work hours means many Australians feel like they're better off on welfare you're responsible for doing all the ordering or someone else is doing that uh somebody else does the ordering I just let them know that what we needed are you worried about my hair or you're right okay all good okay thank you so two cups of self-raising flour from this bucket into this bowl yeah through the sieve yeah about a quarter of one of sugar and that'll make the dry mixture and pancakes that's good it's gonna make a well in the center yeah I didn't think I was that hungry and I didn't think I was that craving of some quality food but now I'm standing in the kitchen I am feeling very hungry yep no we just give a good whisk it you know there might be stresses about my current job but they're certainly certainly stresses about having to serve customers two big breakfasts you've got a smash never as well are you on that no I'm on that there's no more hash browns that is a good bacon and egg roll my biggest worry is getting through life week to week and knowing that I've done my best but I've got to you know always come up with that extra money after falling on Hard Times the park was more than just a workplace for John and his daughter Isabel we've been here for eight months yeah in a caravan we were paying 200 a week yeah which is very good yeah yeah she was going to school every day from here she was but you have to get up and you have to keep going yeah you can't let that get you young it's only temporary and at the end of the day it might have been eight months yeah but eight months in a caravan Park to eight months in the streets yeah no comparison John's combined work and welfare payments total 46 dollars a day after rent that's for him and his daughter to live on for the family tax benefit amb that I get yeah 300 a fortnight yeah to raise a kid yeah with food clothing all that kind of stuff yeah this isn't viable [Music] being a single parent on a limited income means simple things like school uniforms stretch the budget so Isabelle's uniform was 129 just for the one she had on today yeah that's one uniform she needs at least three in total totally and yeah it's just I don't have the money she needs a laptop can't afford that so the school does does Supply and let him use theirs but when she gets homework for home can't do it and so what does that mean in terms of her study she's at a setback already before she's even started yep it makes me angry and annoyed but what can I do to be honest like I've just got to look at it as well something that I've got to work towards yeah so if I can pick up an extra hour at work or something yeah if I'm in this situation then today I've got to get myself out of this situation yeah the best I can I get up every anything in everything for cancer as well to give Isabel what she needs yeah yeah and and it's hard hard but we can only do what we can do in life yeah [Music] Australian children living in poverty are three times more likely to suffer adult poverty I obviously care about how John's going but I really I really worry about Isabel she is basically suffering discrimination because of the income status of her family she wanted she wanted to be a vet amazing but as I said to her to be a vet you've got to go to university totally I don't want to be a vet anymore I think she'd be better off with um child care it would be easier for her in the long run he's contributing he wants to be working but he's still not earning enough to be able to get by he's saying that if there's something in the order of 50 bucks extra that'd make the difference for him to be able to save some money there are over 2 million small businesses operating in Australia but with one in three failing in their first year being a business owner can leave you living on the breadline Julie owns and runs a cooking school so understands the stress of running a small business I know but Rush that you get when you've created a space that's beautiful and what people love to come I know how uplifting it is into day two on the job hunt she's decided to try and use her cooking skills and Target cafes hello hi I'm Julie hoping to find a position vacant Julie comes across Cafe owner Sonia so this is your Cafe yeah yeah we don't own the building but everything else yeah in 2019 Sonia won Campbelltown business person of the year I took over first of July 2016 from the original owner she did a great job setting it up but yeah it's beautiful we yeah we took it to a whole whole other level in 2020 the covert pandemic hit and forced cafes and restaurants to close and only provide takeaway meals I closed down two days before the government said that there was that we were only allowed to do takeaway um I had sorry don't don't apologize mate um my break-even point was 750 a day which is massive yeah and I locked the doors like we closed earlier closes at about 11 o'clock on the Wednesday because I just couldn't be in here with no people around everybody had already started working from home yep just gone overnight yep the the this was all decorated for me and the loss of income isn't the only issue for Sonia absolutely she also has an outstanding 100 000 business loan so you can imagine the tables just oh fed up through here with them and then out the front we had the full use of the courtyard yes oh the idea of opening again is too much for Sonia so she now works four jobs which barely covers her business loan rent and living costs I work during the day for pheasants Nest produce I thought I'd deliver fruit and veggies with them um I work night times at Clubman angle I'm a chef out there on the Saturday night okay I work at the beer shed whenever they've got big events on is this seven day a week style stuff we're talking I work eight eight days a week eight days yeah 30 hours a day yeah and how does that see you once you've you know made your debt payments I'm not saving I'm never gonna be out of debt for you know the least the loan on this place the business has got 25 years to go on it so ever any thought about filing for bankruptcy every day yeah every day that I wish I could just walk away but the loans secure against my dad's house as well so it doesn't right it doesn't help I can't walk away I can I can go bankrupt but it'll only be for the rent [Music] Sonia put her heart and soul and into this Cafe and it didn't pay off this literally if I couldn't have drawn some money off my mortgage to take advantage of that job keeper scheme this would be my story I still have a fit outline that I would have to somehow service if I had shut my doors I believe you when you say that this isn't it and that you're going to have another go at this somewhere down the track eventually we'll be here I can feel the the dream that she had I can feel the excitement that she had setting this place up her heartbreak is so palpable [Music] in Sydney Caleb is working multiple jobs to try to earn enough money to live is uncertain what he'll make later on with deliveroo so he's counting on the 42 dollars from his cleaning shift you asked me before is this worth it not much of a choice is it it's worth it in so far as it means you got money but it's not like it's a Stellar option is it Jorge has three children after losing his job during covid he started working as a cleaner this is the only job I could find so no I've got no choice how does that feel trying to be the man of the house you're not much of a man anymore it doesn't make you feel like a man it's not just about you know feeling like a man taking your wallet out to buy something for the kids dad I want ice cream sorry makes you feel bad Jorge and Caleb won't get paid any overtime so they'll need to finish the job in two hours or they'll be working for free how you feeling I'm pretty tired yeah oh I'm I'm stressed I think more than stressed yeah feeling a bit hot yeah sweaty yeah well well not even halfway there he does this on a daily basis so you know if I were doing this all the time I would be pretty stressed having to work multiple jobs just to get by might not be as simple as Caleb first thought certainly not worth the money at the moment and I don't think I could sustainably do it on a regular basis I feel close to crying but I'm trying with this hey Ganda not as fast as I would like man I don't know how you do this [Music] Caleb and Jorge managed to finish the job in just over two hours it's not easy isn't it do you think people think cleaning is just cleaning but it's hard work we're sweating our bums off you how long do you reckon you can keep doing this for well I'm not on the streets yet so if I can just manage to pay the bills my rent you know chip in for the shopping and petrol and the card so I can go to another job yeah you know anything less than this if I didn't have this job cleaning houses [Music] I couldn't imagine I wouldn't know I couldn't tell you you'd be in trouble I'd be in big trouble I would feel um I suppose halfway useless if if uh cleaning was the only option I had for work really so that's yours oh he kind of deserved it thank you it's not much but it's something it is what it is yeah yeah experiencing for himself what Jorge has to do to get by Caleb has plenty to think about happiness and acceptance are two different things I can accept that Jorge is in the position he is in it doesn't mean I'm happy about that would I like to change that of course I'd like to change that but how do you feasibly change it you know it's it's at some point you've got to think about practicalities peripheral level you can understand that and hence why some people would prefer to take the welfare option but what are you achieving by sitting around on Wealthy over three days on the job hunt Julie's only managed to score two low-paying shifts one letterboxing pamphlets [Music] and another as hired help delivering Furniture it's just hard this this is a long day she decides to call it a day and head back to her emergency accommodation today's been sad there's definitely a lack of opportunities what it's taking away from people is the opportunity to to do more to be more to have a quality of life that many of us enjoy it's her last night and Julie makes do with what food she has left over this is dinner number three out of the barbecued chicken with some rice and I'm running very low on greens the idea of one Barbie took lasting for three nights is foreign [Music] maybe some rice for breakfast if you're factoring in rent cars tolls clothing all the things that you need in a household there is absolutely no way no way on Earth that that money covers it the struggle for the people she's Met has made a lasting impact I thought I had plenty of understanding but I guess I just didn't I did I didn't and I'm grateful to every person who let me into their lives taught me their stories were really open I think there's motivation to get off job Seeker even if you've got to work seven days a week to do it I know that when I was cleaning houses waitressing taking in ironing singing at weddings clowning at kids parties I was working seven days a week and that was not my life goal I just had to keep going until I reached a point and my family reached a point where I could back off that a little bit you know yeah nobody's sitting around going woohoo job Seeker I have made it it's not happening [Music] Port kembla Jenny has been saying firsthand the challenges of trying to live on low wages with few hours Jenny is down to the last of the food she managed to put aside earlier in the week if I was in this situation and I had no Prospect of getting out of it I'd be I'd be really stressing at this point the steel Works in Port kembla once employed 22 000 workers that Workforce is now just four and a half thousand it's left locals out of work and having to rely on charity to get by you can apparently go here and get a meal so I thought that that would be a good thing to check out hello hello hey I'm Jenny how you going Jenny nice to meet you Emmanuel hey Emmanuel lovely to meet you hi Jenny hey George really good to meet you how you doing good good um I heard you guys give people food on a Friday night is that right every Friday we usually open this facility for people to come and see it yeah have some social interaction great free dinner we have to cater and we have to guess how many people yeah so but usually we have enough food we've never run out of food Jenny's decided to volunteer tier patrons no something like this before Starbucks whenever people come here they said something for tomorrow yeah you know so yeah I don't think what people get from the government is enough I I come from a refugee background yeah I came here as a refugee and I was on settling for a long time and uh yeah you get 550 dollars for fortnite so you have to pay your rent your bills and everything and yeah just like you like when am I gonna get out of this [Music] bananas peaches pears mangoes well kimbla is a place where mostly broken people leave yeah the current rate of unemployment benefit is is too low to have any sort of life um my I had one boy that's still at high school and it's fairly costly to keep him at high school and the rents are so expensive like my rental uh takes nearly all of my money get a job but there's the jobs just aren't down down here this way in the illawarra so you've really got no choice but to you know uh have have uh unemployment benefit is there any source of income yeah I'll have some nectarines yeah yeah there's a couple of nectarines there they put in a work and think that there's jobs like it might be like the 70s or 80s where there's a lot of jobs but that's not the case now there's you know there's just not enough jobs having people in the community coming here to help out and volunteer and and having other organizations getting on board by giving us what we need to be able to support the people is is awful feeling we appreciate you coming thank you and seeing what we do and we know that you've survived all day on a banana it's our pleasure to give you a free meal amazing thank you I appreciate it these kind of you know Community initiatives it's actually the only option for people to eat but also to interact now that I've had these experiences and met these people I do get what's needed and it's not some theoretical radical Lefty concept it's Basics and food as Jenny settles in for her final night the reality of trying to get off welfare and into the workforce is all too apparent it's been a big week it's been a really tough week um I wouldn't want to have to be one Centrelink payments [Music] to see my family and not sleep in a crusty crusty stuffy unit in a sleeping bag Jenny Julie and Caleb's exploration into Australia's welfare system is nearing the end the gig economy has provided some much needed income for Caleb as he sees how challenging it can be to get off welfare and into a job where he earns enough to live this morning I did my cleaning shift for which I earned 42 dollars so that's rent covered for the day plus two bucks so I've treated myself to half a chuck for five bucks which I have demolished probably one of the best foods I've had all week to be honest but the money he's earned is barely enough to survive so he's hitting the streets one more time the most uncomfortable thing about this position is that you don't really know what's on the horizon something might happen I don't know and if you don't have money there to pay for it well then what do you do but what what sort of position are you in we've got about um 45 minutes or so until my next shift which is food delivery like I did yesterday my aim for tonight would be to make enough money to get myself a counter meal and a pipe that'd be that'd be really nice Caleb's logged on for the afternoon shift back in Newtown in peak hour traffic not far at all so um we're on our way I didn't feel so safe yesterday and when you're dicing in and out of traffic trying to get somewhere as quickly as you can to make your delivery like it um can be pretty daunting it constantly is there a car there is there a car there is there a car there is that gonna go open his car door on me like it's a constant barrage of things you're thinking about as well as the destination you're going to and getting the food there so Stephanie good yourself it's the idea thank you you too we're off the Bangkok bites now for three days Caleb's worked to earn just enough money to live he's made more money than he'd receive on jobseeker but he's realized it's not a great long-term option excellent thank you very much see ya this kind of job would probably help you get off welfare but it's not the kind of job that is going to keep you off wealthy there you go you too see ya thank you enjoy yeah you've got some hungry mouths to feed by the looks of it thank you very much [Music] so we're now up to 48 bucks which I must say I'm pretty pleased with seven o'clock I've been out there for probably an hour and 45 minutes and I've made nearly 50 bucks so I am feeling pretty good about myself at the minute side I think I might call it a day to end his nine-day experience on the breadline Caleb's treating himself to a meal and a drink at the local pub I'll grab the um fish and chips thanks it's making Caleb reflect on what he's learned it's not an answer to your joblessness it's better than being on welfare but it I'd be wanting to get out of it pretty quickly a little luxury every now and again just sort of [Music] gives you a bit of a lift um a sense that there is still hope for nine days Caleb's belief that the best form of welfare is a job has been challenged in very simple terms the solution to welfare is to get a job but the extension of that question is how easy is it to get a job and for some people it's very easy to get a job because they have a skill set that will allow them to find a job easily and for other people they're competing in a crowded Market and it's not so easy for those people to get a job and so I suppose to say to them we'll just get a job's unfair a lot of people I'm sure are trying very hard to get a job and just out turning one up and so I can understand why they would would turn to something like this because it's income it's some income it's it's better than having nothing but it's but it's you know it's not as simple as just get a job [Music] I enjoy a good pub food but I never thought I'd enjoy a pub food this match oh it's been a bit of a culture shock I think [Music] I have on the bread line it's a question that's LED Jenny Leong Julie Goodwin and Caleb Bond on a journey I would imagine for for lots of people seeing this will be a shock because they assume that if you get government support that's going to support you but when you're trying to survive on the breadline you feel like you're excluded you feel like you're separate from everyone and you don't belong and I've just done 300 shop yesterday yeah and we broke this experience has certainly broadened my mind that range between Have and Have Not is outrageous they feel like they've failed you know and that's like you haven't failed you haven't got a job yeah and it's out of their control feels like the more time we spend in the house the secret we get I don't know how many politicians have met how many people living in public housing but the state is a bad landlord the system is broken it doesn't work properly you're not much of a man anymore does it make you feel like a man I would like to think that we would have a nation where people who wanted to have a go at climbing up that ladder could give it a bloody good shot good morning Ron I've got a bit of egg for you first on the bottom net so giving people a little bit more money doesn't mean they're going to be laughing harder at The Establishment that's not what it means what it means is that you're giving them an opportunity to get out from under that Financial stress to maybe have an outfit that they can wear to job interviews to maybe look at doing that tertiary qualification [Music] if there was one thing I could do to improve the lot of the people I have met through this journey it would be to give them somewhere decent to live it's not a massive ask it's really not a massive ask [Music]

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Length: 49min 10sec (2950 seconds)

Published: Tue May 30 2023