Tradies and business owners are speaking out against the current rate of government payments while they scramble to fill job vacancies.

Brett Johnson’s refrigerated transport business BajAir has been doing a roaring trade thanks to instant asset write-offs.

Yet, he told Scott Emerson, he’s been advertising unsuccessfully for eight months to find a new apprentice to train.

“In this particular case, not even an application: normally I get 60 out of one ad.

“I don’t even care if he passed high school.”

Mr Johnson blames the JobSeeker payment for giving would-be juniors more money to stay at home than they would earn working.

Scott was flabbergasted that young people would refuse training for the sake of short-term gain.

“What is the world coming to?”

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