Bullshit. I've applied for apprenticeships (Not a kid, but in theory they're SUPPOSED to be open to anyone 16 - 60 years of age) only to be told they're only available to "aboriginal or torres strait islander" applicants. Also been knocked back for apprenticeships for being over 25, although as I said, in theory, age is not supposed to be a factor.
I can understand why you'd assume this to be true, but I can assure you it's very much the case in professional services. Pretty much anywhere that has a "HR" department is going to hire foreigners on 457 visas if at all possible, and they also strongly prefer to hire women over men.
Doubtful. I'm doing work for the dole at the moment in a warehouse, it's all manual labour. I work hard and I've made friends with the forklift drivers to the point where they're lobbying the management to hire me, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
So no, I'm not just fucking lazy, but at the same time the picking/packing in the warehouse is honestly about the limit of my physical capability, due to permanent injuries from a car accident years ago. (The heaviest things I have to lift are about 25 kg)
They're a scam. Always pushing you to enroll in some USELESS fucking "training", like a "Cert III in Hospitality" or some such shit. It's because the government will foot the bill for it and they get a kickback from, or function as, the "training provider".
THIS. This is why it's all indians and chinks in every fucking office job now.
And that's part of the fucking problem. People like you taking illegal work for illegally low wages.
I get it. I understand that it's a fuckload easier to just say "Well you're all lazy cunts" than to actually look at trying to fix things, but honestly, if that's the best you can contribute, your post was a waste of your own time writing it and mine reading it.
We're not all lazy cunts, there is a genuine problem with trying to get work in Australia at the moment.