The church as slave labour exploiter

From the blog of Paul Neville, QLD National Party Member For Hinkler, 22 JUL 2007:

The latest Work for the Dole project to finish in Bundaberg has produced winning results for participants – 12 have left to undertake full-time work, 38 have left to take up part-time work and 7 have gone on to further study.

Local Federal Member Paul Neville was thrilled with the outcome, and will congratulate participants at today’s graduation ceremony for the WFTD activity ‘A Real Edge’.

“Apart from helping all those people find some paid employment, the activity has also produced results for the Bundaberg community,” Mr Neville said.

“Participants chose from a wide variety of positions, including administration, furniture restoration, construction, retail, IT, childcare, warehouse and truck offsider, animal care, tourist information and recycling,” he said.

“From that, a whole range of projects were completed, such as the refurbishment of the Church Manse at the Christian Outreach Centre, the replacement of greenhouse shade cloth and rebuilding of soil boxes at the Burnett Council Depot, and the replacement of stable roofing at Bundaberg Show Grounds as well as improved services for many other community organisations.”

— Yep, right: fixing up a minister’s residence for a church!

Have a look in Google Maps at the place. It ain’t a tiny property.