SA Government again shows its 'Who Cares' Attitude towards South Australians

[maccas_no1]

Simple message to the 1000 unemployed Mitsubishi workers 'go work in mining there are jobs there if you want one'

Once again this is what is wrong with SA and why it struggles to move forward

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

whats it to you?

 

[Southerntakeover]

What is your alternative policy, oh great expert?

 

[Alex99]

Close this thread now - it's pointless and not even close to being correct.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Um if the company I work for collapsed and I was out of a job I would get off my ass and get another one, I doubt the government would help me get one!

 

[maccas_no1]

whats it to you?

This is where I see the problem, okay person loses their job at Mitsubishi has a wife/husband and two kids (average family) wife/husband works, kids go to school yet the SA governments best answer to the person who lost their job is to relocate to the bush in mining It wont matter what sort of consequences it will have on the persons life in general or family etc, simple answer from government SA is mining

 

[maccas_no1]

Close this thread now - it's pointless and not even close to being correct.

How isnt it correct, when it was all over the news tonight

 

[Eggzoi]

What do you expect the government to do? Give them a cushy government job or maybe give them double dole. If you can't find a job during record low unemployment then maybe mining is the way to go, and earn a bucketload.
I just lost my job because the place I work in is being demolished, have I had a cry about it and asked the government to give me a handout? Hell no, I'm going to start looking for another job and take what I can get.

 

[maccas_no1]

Um if the company I work for collapsed and I was out of a job I would get off my ass and get another one, I doubt the government would help me get one!

Its nothing to do with the government giving you a job, my concern is that this is the SA governments attitude, anyone could lose their job and its upto them to find their own employment, but the SA government simply says well mining for you, never mind your family being away from them etc, the SA government is kidding themselves

 

[maccas_no1]

What do you expect the government to do? Give them a cushy government job or maybe give them double dole. If you can't find a job during record low unemployment then maybe mining is the way to go, and earn a bucketload.

Im unsure on what you do for employment but okay you are made redundant, and you couldnt find a job in your feild of work, you have a wife and a couple of kids and now that mining is the best offer you then have to go through the adjustments to your own and families life, because their is nothing else on offer?

 

[Eggzoi]

So what is the government meant to do? It's not up to the gov to find these people a job and it's not up to the gov to create jobs for them. If you can't get a job go do some mining or don't have a job. Honestly, just give us one idea of what you actually want the government to do here.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

This is where I see the problem, okay person loses their job at Mitsubishi has a wife/husband and two kids (average family) wife/husband works, kids go to school yet the SA governments best answer to the person who lost their job is to relocate to the bush in mining It wont matter what sort of consequences it will have on the persons life in general or family etc, simple answer from government SA is mining

Didnt you relocate because you couldnt find a job?

So its ok for you to do it, but when the government suggest, not force, that some people do just this, you critisize the government. I dont get it.

What is this thread trying to achieve? You have proved numerous times you are a petty and small individual, so such a thread should not come as a suprise.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

what is your solution maccas?

 

[Macca19]

Im unsure on what you do for employment but okay you are made redundant, and you couldnt find a job in your feild of work, you have a wife and a couple of kids and now that mining is the best offer you then have to go through the adjustments to your own and families life, because their is nothing else on offer?

The situation sucks but what should happen? Not all those people will be married with kids.

People move state/country for new or better jobs all the time.

In any case, if they get offered mining jobs then I wouldnt be complaining. Probably 50% more pay for half the work.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

People move state/country for new or better jobs all the time.

Like the thread starter himself....does this thread make any sense to anyone?

 

[NSWCROW]

And in , YET MORE " State government ****s the people up the arse " news...NSW residents recieved the news today that their water bills will go up $200 , YES $200 a year....all so they can build a DESAL PLANT !!!
Yes , a DESAL PLANT that NO ONE wants...and guess what , WE get the privilege of paying for it !!!!

Sound theory , build something that costs MILLIONS instead of digging a few holes which would cost SFA

I smell RORT

 

[maccas_no1]

Didnt you relocate because you couldnt find a job?

Yes I did I finished my apprenticeship and in my trade couldnt find fulltime work in Adelaide, and it was a HUGE move but I had no choice

So its ok for you to do it, but when the government suggest, not force, that some people do just this, you critisize the government. I dont get it.

Its not what I wanted to do, I had to I had bills to pay and a wife and child to support

What is this thread trying to achieve? You have proved numerous times you are a petty and small individual, so such a thread should not come as a suprise.

Petty and small minded hey, this is not a stab at SA people but the SA Government, if this is the lapsy daisy attitude the SA government has arent you concerned? The statement was splashed across every major news bulletin tonight in every state, clearly stating the SA government has a 'who cares' attitude to 1000 unemployed South Australians

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

what is your solution maccas?

waiting

 

[Cap]

I think Macca has a point

every time something happens interstate - be it massive job losses or natural disaster the government is there and helping - or atleast looking like they are

In SA nothing ever gets done, we are a state of talkers and not doers.

 

[KingsCrow]

FFS. The factory closing was a good thing. No more leeching money any more, and jobs can finally go to areas where they are needed. 1000- something people have lost their jobs, with hundreds probably alreadying finding work already I would expect.


a few years time 2000-4000 people will be needed to build the war ships. There, the job losses have been curbed.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

but what can they do?

I am pretty certain they formed some kind of relief package and have helped the people who have lost jobs.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

$50m Mitsubishi support package as Adelaide management shuts factory

GREG KELTON, NICK HENDERSON

February 06, 2008 12:10am
MITSUBISHI management in Adelaide made the final, fateful decision last week to close its Tonsley Park plant, costing more than 1200 jobs.

There will be 930 jobs lost from the plant and an estimated 280 in associated component supplier companies..

The death knell for the struggling manufacturer came yesterday after a board meeting in Japan where the parent company accepted Adelaide's recommendation to close the loss-making operations.

Mitsubishi Australia has lost $1.5 billion over the past 10 years and chief executive Robert McEniry said it "did not make economic sense to continue sustaining these losses".

He said telling workers the news was "absolutely the most heartwrenching and heartbreaking announcement" he had ever had to make. Workers were given the news at a 20-minute meeting in the plant's social club and many were distraught as they left.

Alex Dukat, 24, of Christie Downs, who has worked at the Tonsley Park plant for six years, said the closure was a "long time coming".

"I think everyone knew it was going to happen at some stage and people have been preparing for this for quite a while," he said.

"I'll just have to look where the money is and getting into mining in the state's north or in other states could be the way to go." As staff came to grips with the news yesterday:

ECONOMISTS and business leaders said the vibrant state of the SA economy would help many workers quickly find new employment.

THE COMPANY said its head office would remain in SA "at this stage".

WORKERS were given the rest of the week off on full pay to digest the news before returning to wind down production.

PREMIER Mike Rann announced a $50 million assistance package to assist sacked workers funded by federal and state governments.

MITSUBISHI agreed to repay to the SA Government the $35 million it received to develop the 380 model car, designed to save the company.

UNION leaders called for state and federal governments to keep manufacturing industries at the Tonsley Park site, possibly worth up to $200 million.

Mitsubishi becomes the first major car company to close down in Australia since Nissan in 1992.

The future of Mitsubishi in Australia had been pinned on the new model 380 but its sales have slumped so badly that last month it sold only 692 Australia-wide – outsold by the company's fully imported Lancer.

Last year, Mitsubishi sold 65,397 cars in Australia but only about 11,000 of those were 380 sedans, down from almost 12,500 in 2006.

Mr McEniry told a media conference Mitsubishi would now continue operations as a major vehicle importer.

He blamed the ongoing financial losses, the declining large car market, the small Australian car market and the impact of exchange rates for the closure.

"This decision was reached with much reluctance," he said. "We can see no path for a return to viable production levels of the 380 sedan or a commercial case for developing any replacement production."

Mr McEniry said workers would receive very favourable separation packages and the company would work with the Government and private sector agencies to help locate jobs, provide counselling and other financial services.

"Protecting their welfare and allowing them their own privacy will be our top priority," he said.

He said the closure of the assembly operation would not impact on the wider component manufacturing industry as greatly as some expected, with Mitsubishi's total production volume accounting for just 2 per cent of all vehicles built in Australia.

Mr McEniry said the company had considered every possible strategy to avoid closing the plant but none were found to be viable in the longer term.

Premier Mike Rann paid tribute to the sacked workers.

"These workers have shown enormous loyalty with the sword of Damocles hanging over their head for more than a decade," he said. He also said the Government would negotiate with Mitsubishi over the future of the Tonsley Park site.

Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith said a bi-partisan committee, incorporating the Government, Opposition, unions and councils, should be convened to coordinate a plan to assist workers.

He also called on the Government to provide stamp duty concessions for workers required to relocate to find work.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said there had been clear communication with the Mitsubishi board in Tokyo about whether there was any state or federal government action that could be taken.

"We did that yesterday at the national level. The answer was, there was nothing," he said.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

so not only have the government put a package together, they forked out $35M in an attempt to keep it open.

They have also expressed an interest in buying the Tonsley Park site for future manufactory Industries.

What else could they of done Maccas?

 

[KingsCrow]

I liked the proposal from a Greens member to make it a sustainable industry hub. Like industry that makes wind mills for our wind farms, hybrid engines, solar panels etc.

We are the sustainable state, might as well cash in on it.

 

[maccas_no1]

I think Macca has a point

every time something happens interstate - be it massive job losses or natural disaster the government is there and helping - or atleast looking like they are

In SA nothing ever gets done, we are a state of talkers and not doers.

It's pretty much like everyone in SA screaming for a new mutli purpose stadium close to the city, its going to take a change of government in SA for that to happen.

Th government is there to provide employment and all the services that a city/state requires to support the population, forcing people to the bush and away from their families isnt the answer and I seriously doubt there are 1000 jobs available either.