-Sky News reporter David Speers goes after Mark Arbib, Australian "Employment Minister" on Green Jobs claim

American reporters and commentators could learn quite a bit about how to interview someone and get facts out of them from the foreign news outlets.



Speers: Does that mean that you are calling this a job or does that mean they’ll be remaining on the unemployment benefit?

Arbib: No, well, this is … yeah this is a work experience program.

Speers: Is it a job or is it a work experience program?

Arbib: A work experience program is a job. They’ll be actually working during this time.

Speers: When you say it’s a job, do they get sick leave? Do they get superannuation? How is it just not the same as the work for the dole scheme?

Arbib: Well, I don’t have all the details.

Speers: But you’re the minister.

Arbib: Well, I am, but I don’t have all the details today for you mate. But what I can tell you …

Speers: But it’s just been announced by the Prime Minister.

Arbib: 10,000 young people, 26 weeks’ training, plus work, day after day, it’s a great, great result.

Speers: But it is still being worked out.

Arbib: No, no, this scheme will be under way in January 2010, and obviously some of the detail will still have to be finalized, but …

Speers: Is one of those details whether it will be a job or work experience?

Arbib: Well, well … it’s a fine line but can I tell you it is work experience. Work experience is a job.


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