verb(Austral. & N.Z. informal)slack, skive(Brit. informal), idle, shirk, gold-brick(U.S. slang), bob off(Brit. slang), scrimshank(Brit. military slang)He was sacked for bludging on the job.
"I don't understand nowt what he says, like," says Scott, as actor Matt asks him difficult questions like "Are you bludging this arvo?" (Which translates as "are you being lazy this afternoon?" apparently).
He said Zammit "always had a passion for singing" and that one day when they were "bludging" at school she picked up her guitar and began playing the Facebook song to him.
So we have a choice: we can carry on celebrating individualism and self-sufficiency while bludging off women who provide unpaid care for others; or we can create a new system where care for others is deemed as important as paid work and people recognise their interdependence.
Allegations of Kiwi dole bludging and back-door leniency towards immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers were raised sporadically, but all proved without substance, and the Howard and Clark governments periodically reaffirm the fundamental importance of the TTTA.