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.
nice try Julia but I said at the beginning, not at the end
didn't you watch it?
@boris1gary wrote:I don't think anyone else but the rusted-on lefty's could keep up the level of mean-spiritness required to keep a thread like this going.
@icyfroth wrote:
I'm outta here anyway, going back to bed to read for a while.
never mind icyfroth, I'm sure you will get plenty of chances with your own special "mean-spiritness" - plenty of asylum seekers, Muslims, disabled, umeployed and pensioners to attack in the new year and you are so very good at that.
I lack the level of committment you have, though, Boris.
Merry Christmas, by the way.
@debra9275 wrote:
didn't you watch it?
yes, i watched it.
as i said, it was at the beginning of the speech.
5 seconds in
the arrow indicates the beginning of the clip, just so there's no more *confusion* about it 
@debra9275 wrote:
yes, that is when she and the pm
are talking about losing loved ones and
specifically referring to the events of the past
couple of weeks. hence the comment in your
link under that image. (read your link)
how much time into the video was that taken?
@debra9275 wrote:the arrow indicates the beginning of the clip, just so there's no more *confusion* about it
no, it does not.
it simply indicates it is a video.
if you want to keep discussing it, there are plenty of comments on the page under the video, might be worth a read as well
@*julia*2010 wrote:
@debra9275 wrote:the arrow indicates the beginning of the clip, just so there's no more *confusion* about it
no, it does not.
it simply indicates it is a video.
yes it does
