Media Release.
Shadow
Community Services Minister and Member for Woodridge, Desley Scott, says federal
LNP MP Andrew Laming should direct his efforts into having his state government
colleagues restore jobs programs to the Logan region.
“Instead of
broadcasting derogatory Twitter messages for which he has been rightly
criticised, Mr Laming might care to ask the Premier to resurrect the Skilling
Queenslanders for Work employment programs scrapped in the LNP’s first State
Budget in September,” Mrs Scott said.
“Despite its
success in training people and steering them into jobs, the SQW scheme fell
victim to the LNP’s program of mass sackings and savage cuts to frontline
services.
“It has never
made any sense to scrap the jobs of people who help others gain work.
“Skilling
Queenslanders for Work was a popular and well-used program in our local area and
its loss has been felt very heavily.
“If Mr Laming
wants to do something positive and is interested in employment issues in the
Logan area, he could start by pressing his state colleagues to reinstate the
programs they have cut for no good reason,” she said.
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