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.

[icyfroth]

[cherry*135]

iw "If they keep Bill they won't win the next election, if they dump Bill, (which Rudd made sure they can't) then they won't win the next election.

------->He's more unpopular than PM Abbott and that's saying something."

That statement is false.

Support tumbles for govt: Newspoll

27 December

Popular support for the Abbott government has fallen dramatically across Australia over the past year, with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten now considered preferred prime minister in most states, a Newspoll analysis shows.

Mr Shorten, who's currently away on leave, is ahead in NSW by 40 to 39 per cent, in Victoria by 45 to 33 per cent and in South Australia by 43 to 34 per cent.

[boris1gary]

Morning Am, the trolls are certainly busy this morning Like this headline so here it is again

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/national/2014/12/28/shorten-the-preferred-pm-in-most-states....

Shorten the preferred PM in most states

[cherry*135]

Dec 27

The News Corp Australia poll out on Saturday shows the coalition's primary vote has tumbled 10 points in Victoria and South Australia, nine points in NSW, eight points in Queensland and seven points in WA.

Meanwhile, Australian Development Strategies data published by News Corp Australia shows unemployment is up in many federal coalition seats, but down in Labor-held seats.

It found 24 of the 28 electorates with the largest rises in unemployment rates are controlled by the Coalition.

[debra9275]

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@aps1080 wrote:

....Australia is considering buying 10 state-of-the-art Soryu class submarines from Japan, at a reported price of more than $20 billion......an Australian budget of $20 billion would mean that all the construction would have to happen in Japan..... attempts to do any of the work in Adelaide would double the price.

If you were buying and building a house, would you choose a builder who had a long history of huge cost blow outs,

and failed design and buildings.

I somehow doubt it.

Best bang for the buck, regardless of where it is built.

Re F-35, we do a fair bit of work for it and other aircraft.

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If I was building something I would choose an Australian builder over an imported one, every time

[aps1080]

Well when it comes to defence items, IMHO, you have rocks in your head.

We never gets the best bang for our buck, we always try to do things on the cheap and it costs is dearly

in the long run and about 5 times more than just buying stuff.

The litany of disasters oif trying to do it ourselves is crazy.

You could afford welfare for all the workers for life that wouldn't have a job if we had purchased "off the shelf" stuff

instead of pi ssing in the wind thinking we can do it better.

Mega billions of $ goes a long way on welfare.

[cherry*135]

Morning boris. Keeps them off the streets I suppose lol

The Australian
December 9

"Mr Abbott has the right ideas about the nation’s future and the personal attributes to deliver on them; his most severe handicaps are his own. He surely comprehends he and his inner circle are not the repository of all wisdom. Counter-intuitively, as he listens more to others, he must give the people more of himself and his deepest thoughts, not curtail and ration himself in a poorly judged and self-defeating strategy to avoid political risks."

[debra9275]

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/27/newspoll-shows-support-for-coalition-plunged-a...

Voter support for the Abbott government has plunged across all states over the past year and is significantly behind Labor in two-party-preferred terms everywhere except Western Australia, a Newspoll analysis shows.

The analysis, published by News Corp Australia on Saturday, shows that the Coalition’s primary vote has tumbled 10 points in Victoria and South Australia, nine points in New South Wales, eight points in Queensland and seven points in Western Australia.

In two-party-preferred terms based on preference flows in the 2013 election, Labor leads the Coalition by 60% to 40% in Victoria, by 54% to 46% in both NSW and South Australia and by 52% to 48% in Queensland.

[debra9275]

http://themurdochtimes.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/australia-to-tony-abbott-wow-you-really.html

Rupert Murdoch sponsored Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has discovered you can't lie through your teeth, like politicians are want to do, and get away with it anymore. Not in an age where 1000s on social media will examine every word you say, every claim you make, and rip it apart, then share the truth with friends and family, despite how the mainstream media spins it.


Abbott's poll plunge is one of the most remarkable in Australian history. Few can remember anything like it before.

It's so bad, even Rupert Murdoch's Australian tabloids, like the Herald Sun, have to admit the truth. Abbott is a loser, and a liability for his party. One recent poll said only 1 in 4 Australians believe he will lead his government into the next federal election, and win.

[pct001wine]

Thanks polksaladallie 

It's a reality check for those that choose to focus on the personality-driven negatives and ignore the legislative achievements of the Gillard Government.

I can't find many legislative positives from the current Government - oh hang on, what was I thinking ? That's right, they abolished the carbon tax and liberated thousands of Australian housewives from worrying about their household budget, freeing up their time to concentrate more on the ironing.  They also reintroduced Dames and Knights (or whatever archaic titles they were), now there's a winner if I ever saw one.