Time to go to war with your country? : Melbourne Indymedia

Employment service providers will be encouraged to work with the Australian Defence [WAR] Force (ADF) to help more people take on a militant death?

The initiative is part of the Federal Government's billion-dollar overhaul of recruitment and retention schemes in the ADF.

Workforce Participation Minister Sharman Stone says the six-month trial will provide new opportunities for those who cannot find a job elsewhere.

But she says the unemployed will not be forced into the ADF.

"It wouldn't be smart to force anybody into a particular job, say in defence, if it wasn't at all of interest to them, it's not where their aptitudes were lying," she said.

"But certainly if someone is keen, they're familiar with what the career involves, we'll do everything to help our unemployed be job-ready for that particular position."

Ms Stone says the initiative will encourage employment agencies to offer advice about a career in the ADF.

She says the scheme will provide opportunities to unemployed people who would not otherwise have considered a job in the ADF.

"A lot of our unemployed aren't aware of the changes in our criteria, for example you can now be up to 55, you're no longer necessarily barred from joining just because you've got a tattoo," she said.

"So it's important that anyone, but particularly our unemployed, are aware of the criteria."

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1895801.htm

Don't go to war for your country go to war against you country. Your country that is trying desperately to exploit you!

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