Let me ask you this: How many of you sitting here today have parents, even grandparents or siblings, who work demanding 8 hours a day at their jobs? Every day – every week? Maybe miss birthdays or other significant events at home because they have to go to work? Work to earn money, to have a roof over your head and a hot meal on the table every night? Or do they just work to pay taxes? To pay the unemployed? Taxes taken from their hard-earned money, to be sent to the government, to pay for “unemployment benefits”. Good morning/afternoon Mrs Arnold and fellow Year 12 students. Today I will discuss the controversial question: “Should working for unemployment benefits be mandatory?” My opinion should definitely be. I would like to begin my argument by initially defining the topic at hand. The Australian Liberal Government's recently discussed “work for the dole” program proposes the idea that Australia's unemployed population should work for the unemployment benefits they receive. Unemployment benefit, or as it is commonly called, unemployment benefit, is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "payment made by the State to an unemployed person". An unemployed person, on the other hand, is defined as "without paid work but available to work". The work that the government wants to make compulsory to receive unemployment benefits is labeled "unpaid community work", according to the Courier Mail, and includes waste collection, park maintenance and volunteering in retirement homes. for the elderly. . Although you and I, at first glance, may have the opinion that such tasks would seem less desirable, particularly for those people who are highly skilled and... middle of paper... and an increase in equality between employed and unemployed; it is also extremely beneficial to the society and communities in which we live. I firmly believe that we, as a society, need to remove the highly prejudicial views we have of people on "unemployment" and think about these people in less fortunate situations than we think. , not just as “dole hotshots,” but as people who simply want to be counted in our community. I absolutely believe that the unemployed should not feel worthless and demotivated, just because they don't currently have a job, but should be offered opportunities where they can feel a sense of pride and a sense of contribution. By implementing this scheme, the barriers that limit equality between employed and unemployed will inevitably be broken down, and it will be much better for our society, maintaining the clear omission of the unemployed.