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The Unemployed Working on OSS Projects

Posted by samzenpus on from the good-idea dept.

Roger_Explosion writes "In Australia the unemployed have to fulfill a 'mutual obligation' requirement in order to receive welfare payments. What this means is that recipients of welfare payments have to be involved in some sort of activity that improves their chances of finding employment. Until now this has included various types of community service and training and education programs. Recently an organisation called CommunityCode has been established to allow recipients to fulfill this requirement by contributing to OSS projects."

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  1. Unemployed coders in Australia??? by crusty_architect · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would be surprised to see many takers for this scheme here. The IT job market is on the way up in Australia, we actually have a coding skills shortage. If you are thinking of getting involved, please look for a job instead.

  2. Re:Bloody OSS Bludgers by Pyr05x · · Score: 5, Informative
    Don't mod this flamebait, because its not.

    "Bloody dole bludgers" is an Aussie slang phrase describing people on welfare ('the dole' here down under... not sure why we call it that) with no intention of trying to find a job.

    And I agree... Bludgers is one of the coolest words ever :)

  3. Re:Bloody OSS Bludgers by !the!bad!fish! · · Score: 5, Informative
    ... not sure why we call it that
    Because that is what the word means.
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