Home topics workplace hr-and-staff News Staff News Govt plan to relocate unemployed to Queensland likely to fail David Olsen January 31, 2011 The Federal Government’s plan to relocate the long term unemployed to Queensland in order to fill demand for labour to rebuild the state after the Queensland floods is likely to fail, claims former head of Drake Personnel, Matthew Tukaki. Matthew Tukaki, who is the current CEO of The Sustain Group has on one hand welcomed the focus on helping the long term unemployed. but cautioned that the movement of and change in workforce dynamic to feed demand in Queensland could also have a devastating impact on other parts of Australia and large industry in particular. Mr Tukaki was speaking at a client and partner briefing in Sydney this morning, where he was describing the flow on effects to the nations labour supply channels as a result of multiple natural disasters and an already building domestic economy. On the Governments program he had this to say: “There is no doubt that a program that provides incentives to the long term unemployed to move interstate is a good thing had our economy just been ticking over. The reality however is that demand for trade and vocational skills will be overwhelming in Queensland at a time when industry across the nation is growing and those same skills are in heavy demand.” Mr Tukaki said. The Australian Governments relocation incentive program began from the 1st of January and has recently been expanded