Diary of our stinking Govt.

[boris1gary]

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.

[bella_again]

Thanks paintssew, some interesting comments there.  Do you think they will include the family home with means testing? That would worry me my home is all I have to pass on to my special needs girls when I am gone. 

[fourandsixpants]

 to bella again:

I am lost for words on this whole issue for now because I am so incensed with fury about how little the bods we have allowed to run our country and people, understand anything about REALITY!.....they have absolutely no idea at all.

Hence my posting a pile of rubbish pic

[bella_again]

I think a lot of people feel exactly the way you do.  There seems to be such a double standard and indeed this is a government that appears to pander to the upper class rather than the whole of Australia. It scares me when he asks what we want out of this budget, a future.  But a future for who I wonder?

Anyway its probably better for us to not worry until the budget is delivered and we can see exactly what it entails.  At the moment things are being leaked to gauge community response.  I do predict though that they will be a one term government!

[fourandsixpants]

I can seriously understand why guns and firearms were collected a few years back-by this same bunch of wallies too!!

[fourandsixpants]

...can only pray/hope that Hockey, Abbott and pals feel the full force of their fall from power and grace in the next election.

Theatre Seats for Seniors

An old man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the movie theatre.

When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the old man, "Sorry sir, but you're only allowed one seat."

The old man didn't budge.

The usher became more impatient. "Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the manager."                                                  Once again, the old man just muttered and did nothing.

The usher marched briskly back up the aisle, and in a moment he returned with the manager. Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the old disheveled man, but with no success. Finally they summoned the police.

The officer surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "All right buddy what's your name?"

"Fred," the old man moaned.

"Where you from, Fred?" asked the police officer.

With a terrible grunt in his voice, and without moving,  Fred replied...

... "The balcony."         

[boris1gary]

http://www.independentaustralia.net/article-display/the-joint-strike-fighter-purchase-someone-must-h...

The Joint Strike Fighter purchase: Someone must have been smoking one

The Joint Strike Fighter is "flying dog meat", writes Sydney bureau chief and military buff Ross Jones, and anyone who goes near this lemon has rocks in their heads. 

Anyone who goes near the Joint Strike Fighter has rocks in their heads.

It’s the Liberals, I rest my case

These things aren’t going to keep us safe from anybody. The word Joint in the JSF of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II means just that. Not single strike fighter — a joint strike fighter. It needs another aircraft to protect its lumbering airframe, packed to the gunwhales with 8 million code lines of stuff — too slow to turn and too slow to run.

$12.4 billion on this lemon, while the budget axe falls. Co-payments, retire at 70, welfare to the poor — we all need to put our shoulder to the budget wheel to pay for this thing.

As reported by ABC PM, the price tag for the JSF-35 is $24 bilion, not $12 billion, which is just for the equipment.

[fourandsixpants]

yeah....like I have said before here, this 'deal' was done way back......prob by some greedy wheeling and dealing polly for something in return, no doubt. Similar to how large batches of (carp/tainted) vaccines have been procured from the UK....which they had got from the USA originally and then when UK bods discovered that it was tainted the bods there then did a deal with Oz govt bods......resulting in our people/children being injected with the stuff. Great deals done by great, greedy, morons IMO

could always scrap them for parts.

Rebuild them into something useful.....there'll be plenty of elderly, unemployed aircraft engineers and mechanics available to do this:)

[boris1gary]

Illustration: Cathy Wilcox

[fourandsixpants]

Labour, Greens and Liberals are in bed with this one.

It has been on the planning board for decades.

The aircraft will serve our nation until 2050.

It will probably be the last fighter flown by a human pilot.

The age of the drones has began.

It will cost more in the next few years to keep ahead of the competition.

[boris1gary]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/24/coalition-will-provide-an-extra-1bn-on-emissions-reduct...

Direct Action: Coalition will provide an extra $1bn to emissions reduction fund

Only 130 Australian companies will have any limits set on their greenhouse pollution

The Coalition has confirmed it will provide an additional $1bn to its emissions reduction fund but has also revealed that only 130 Australian companies will have any limitations on their greenhouse pollution after the carbon tax is repealed.

The government will start auctions under its “direct action” climate policy later this year, paying companies or organisations that volunteer to reduce emissions until Australia reaches its emissions reduction target of 5% by 2020.

But a “safeguards” mechanism to impose some upper limit on emissions across the board – including on companies or sectors not bidding in the auction – has been pared back and will now apply only to 130 companies that emit 100,000 tonnes of CO2 or more a year.

The penalties applying if those companies exceed their highest emission levels over the past five years remain unclear. The white paper says “the government will work with business to establish a flexible framework for complying with the safeguard in the unlikely event of baselines being exceeded”.