on 20-04-2014 10:21 PM
As it's more than 100 days now, it has been suggested that a new thread was needed. The current govt has been breaking promises and telling lies at a rate so fast it's hard to keep up.
This below is worrying, "independent" pffft, as if your own doctor is somehow what? biased, it's ridiculous. So far there is talk of only including people under a certain age 30-35, for now. Remember that if your injured in a car, injured at work or get ill, you too might need to go on the DSP. They have done a similar think in the UK with devastating consequences.
and this is the 2nd time recently where the Govt has referred to work as welfare???? So when you go to work tomorrow (or tuesday), just remember that's welfare.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-20/disability-pensioners-may-be-reassessed-kevin-andrews/5400598
Independent doctors could be called in to reassess disability pensioners, Federal Government says
The Federal Government is considering using independent doctors to examine disability pensioners and assess whether they should continue to receive payments.
Currently family doctors provide reports supporting claims for the Disability Support Pension (DSP).
But Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews is considering a measure that would see independent doctors reassess eligibility.
"We are concerned that where people can work, the best form of welfare is work," Mr Andrews said at a press conference.
on 21-04-2014 03:32 PM
on 21-04-2014 03:35 PM
on 21-04-2014 03:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kxq__3z9zGM
http://theaimn.com/2014/04/19/lest-we-forget-remembering-abbotts-past/
More on our PM............
26 His famous “Climate change is bleep” comment and later saying that he was speaking to an audience. This of course elicited the question; “Is that what you always do?”
27 His almost daily visits as opposition leader to businesses with messages of gloom and doom about the carbon tax. None of which have come to fruition. His blatant lying often repudiated by the management of the businesses. The most notable being the CEO of BHP and their decision not to proceed with the Olympic Dam mine. Whole towns being closed down. Industries being forced to sack thousands. The end of the coal industry etc.
28 And of course there is the now infamous Leigh Sales interview where beyond any doubt he lied three times and continued to do so the next day.
29 Then there was his statement that the Aboriginal tent embassy at Parliament House be closed. To call his statement an error in judgement is too kind. It almost sounded like an incitement to riot.
30 He is quoted as saying in the Parliament that Prime Minister Gillard and Minister Albanese had targets on their heads. He later apologised.
31 And of course there is also the lie about asylum seekers being illegal.
32 Added to that is his statement that the PM refused to lay down and die.
I think I have exhausted it all but I cannot be sure. Oh wait. Lest we forget.
33 We should not leave out his insensitive comments about the attempted suicide of John Brogden.
34 And the deliberate lie he told to the Australian Minerals Council that the Chinese intended increasing their emissions by 500 per cent.
35 His “dying of shame” comment.
36 His “lack of experience in raising children” comment.
37 His “make an honest women of herself” comment.
38 His “no doesn’t mean no” comment.
on 21-04-2014 03:45 PM
on 21-04-2014 03:47 PM
on 21-04-2014 03:55 PM
Watch abbott being abbott - a lying hypocrite. This was when he was in opposition and he hasn't changed a bit.
on 21-04-2014 03:57 PM
on 21-04-2014 04:14 PM
what? I'm helping you keep your thread at the top
on 21-04-2014 04:28 PM
well thanks icy but it's fine. There is so much actual stuff that is on topic for this thread.
on 21-04-2014 04:34 PM
http://theaimn.com/2014/03/29/abbotts-thus-far-annus-horribilis/
Abbott’s Thus Far Annus Horribilis
Most Prime Ministers when they achieve Government with a sizable majority set out to put in place policy initiatives that might define a legacy they will be remembered for. John Howard’s GST, Paul Keating’s Native Title and Bob Hawke’s sweeping changes to our monetary system come to mind. They all burnt up their political capital in the knowledge that it doesn’t last for ever. They all focused on big things. Large programmes that remain indelible in Australia’s historical political discourse.
Tony Abbott on the other hand seems more intent on burning up his political capital on issues of ideology: on his hatred of all things associated with Labor. With him it’s personal. This can be seen in his undoing of Labor polices regardless of merit or common good worthiness. His politically based Royal Commissions that will trash long held conventions for the sake of a personal vendetta. Commissions that may well come back to bite him on the tail.