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.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-27/abbotts-office-denies-pm-misused-travel-entitlements/5699262
just trying this disappearing link again 
yes, Am I was listening to that about the OS travel on my car radio this morning, a bit ironic isn't it
Did Rudd drop clangers every time he went overseas though??
From the same link in previous posts.
"It's all very good for Kevin Rudd to be solving the problems of the world. What about the problems of Australia?" Mr Abbott asked in 2009.
Deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop accused Mr Rudd of harbouring an "obsession with chasing the global limelight".
When Mr Abbott replaced Malcolm Turnbull as opposition leader in December 2009, Mr Rudd was in the US discussing climate change with US President Barack Obama.
"Kevin Rudd loves a crisis to give him an excuse to run to the airport and jump on a 747 and go off and do photo ops with [then British prime minister] Gordon Brown and Barack Obama," Mr Abbott said.
"I accept that Australia's voice should be heard in the councils of the world, but it would be nice to hear the prime minister's voice at home occasionally."
And after Mr Rudd returned to the top job in June 2013 and commenced a whirlwind tour of the country and our near neighbours, familiar attacks arose.
"I think he wants to campaign for the prime ministership of this country from the front of a 747," Mr Abbott quipped.
"I don't think the Australian public are going to really warm to that but I think that's the temptation before him now, to not only be Kevin 747 but maybe Kevin A380 and spend most of the next few months out of the country."
And it wasn't just the Coalition that chided Mr Rudd about his travel habits.
"Kevin Rudd should ask himself: am I the Prime Minister or the Foreign Minister?" howled the Rupert Murdoch-owned Daily Telegraph in September 2008. "Kevin 07 has become Departure Gate 08."
Two weeks later, the newspaper literally called for an intervention.
"Kevin Rudd's travel addiction is getting out of hand. There are Qantas pilots who rack up fewer air miles," it declared.
