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Originally Posted by Jastel
the backpackers are not here to do the essential but crappy jobs Aussies wont...fruit picking, cooks/waiters, cleaning/hospitality, nursing, customer service...
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On that point, be nice to the Aussies because alot of the times its the businesses that don't want Aussie employees.
Hervey Bay is very much a tourist town with plenty of produce being grown in the region.
Farmers want pickers with 500 years experience with proof of experience and references to back it up, otherwise you don't get a look in. Those that do get a job are employed on a casual piecemeal/quota arrangement.
If you don't pick your quota your booted. If you do you make quota you quickly find out you're working for $10 to $15 an hour. It's not worth the drive to and from for the job.
Hospitality/cook/cleaner jobs wont look at locals unless they have a Cert 3 or 4 in some random course. Seriously, who needs a Cert 3 in housekeeping or hospitality to wipe down a table or write down an order.
There are no such barriers for backpackers with paid incentives for employment and tax breaks for the backpackers and businesses. Businesses love them, and cant actually operate without them, because they end up paying a person 1/3 to 1/2 required to employ an Aussie. Sometimes less.
Many businesses work on a "treat em mean, keep em keen" arrangement with backpackers that they would not get away with when employing an Aussie under our laws.
Every 2 to 3 weeks I see articles in the paper about how farmers want pickers and they are paying $3000 a week. Absolute blatant lie.