Australia: Seaside towns have high jobless Rates

Welfare recipients living in some beach areas will be the focus of a new crackdown by the Australian government according to a report from the BBC. The Australian Government says that some coastal towns have “stubbornly” high unemployment where people refuse to work and choose instead to surf and relax on the beach.

The Australian Government is concerned that jobless rates in some seaside towns are way above the national average.

Education Minister Andrew Robb said, “We’ve got areas where there aren’t any jobs, and we’ve got other areas where they’re desperate for workers. There is a high correlation between high unemployment and coastal areas. We need to put some pressure in some of those areas.”

“We’ve got too many jobs chasing too few people, yet there are still pockets of potential labour around the country,” Andrew Robb said. He continued, “We’ve got areas where there aren’t any jobs, and we’ve got other areas where they’re desperate for workers. ”

Australia’s official unemployment rate is just over 4%.