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.
just thinking of dirty deals, Geoff Shaw springs to mind.
I do remember the Vic speaker resigning back in June and calling for Shaw to be expelled from Parliament, as soon as Labor endorsed that, the libs defended Geoff Shaw. & the speaker changed his mind 
now as they themselves are trying to get rid of him as they no longer need him they are pretending that never happened.
they must think the public are stupid
plain and simple dirty deals
why no distinction is drawn between a bunch of "corrupt" not so bright Lib politicians receiving monies from developers and 3rd parties,
Nothing to do with the bright or not so bright.
Corruption is corruption. Those Liberal MP's/Senators know the laws and know the aren't allowed to accept donations and/or gifts from developers, yet they choose to try and circumvent the law.
Developers don't just donate money/gifts to politial parties or City Council town planners etc like other citizensdonate to Lifeline or Redcross.... it is nothing short of a bribe, so they can get planning permission etc for their developments, which may not have been passed if they hadn't bribed an official first. (Like Obeid perhaps?)
Actually it would appear that corruption NSW style has different forms! :-
In NSW it is illegal for property developers to give donations to a political party. But there is no such law covering wind-farm developers who donate to political parties. So a property developer cannot give cash to the Coalition or Labor. But a wind-farm developer can give money to the Greens. And a trade union can provide funding to Labor and the Greens without anyone referring to corruption despite the fact a trade union is a medium-sized business.
Moreover, what is illegal and equated with corruption in NSW is perfectly legal in other states and at the commonwealth level. This suggests that whatever has occurred in NSW with respect to political donations is not corruption.
I agree though A3, corruption should not occur, but so far all we have are results from a commission, not a court of law, and with virtually no rules of evidence (even gossip is allowed) where are the prosecutions?
I await ICAC's findings
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If you are going to "preach" from a partisan pulpit apropos propriety, remember the ALP currently have luminaries convicted of criminal offences who have managed to steal large sums of money from trade union members including the (ex) national president of the Australian Labor Party , and historically ALP parliamentarians beat the Libs hands down when it comes to criminal malfeasance .
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