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.
I had to laugh at this description of SHY
There's a scandal sheet in Canberra called Vexnews, until recently edited by Andrew Landeryou, a political blogger from Labor. Of Vexnews, it has been said: "The overwhelming majority of what Landeryou prints is vague rumour, personal vendettas and outright fiction. Very occasionally, though, some actual facts sneak through."
Landeryou doesn't like Sarah Hanson-Young, apparently. I don't have much time for her either, so anyone else who feels the same way may enjoy this bit of scuttlebutt from Vexnews, which elsewhere describes SHY as 'a former Goth now Christian business-class-flying cougar-queen':
"I can vouch for SHY being a real go-er at the Kennedy Room [a bar in Canberra]. As she drinks more vodka Red Bulls she becomes more aggressive – like a female praying mantis who seeks to bite the head off her mate after copulation.
SHY doesn’t leave anything to chance in her quest to add another notch to her wiccan stick. She thrusts her heaving bosom into men's elbows and hands, rubs her ‘big mama’ butt into their groins and behaves more like someone at a fat hookers' convention than an Australian senator."
Lovely !
and aps, miranda devine tweeted this
and has hardly been seen since
As tensions between the Australian and Indian cricket teams reach boiling point, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed sledging was his only strength as a cricketer
when we heard him say that on last night's well, we weren't surprised 
you bet you are, you bet I am!
@aps1080 wrote:
Sledging is a part of cricket, if it's OK for the Australian Cricket team, why not anyone else ?
It's a damn good tactic to put someone off their game.
sledging is a part of cricket, its also a big part of our PM's make-up... as he admitted, he's an expert at it! 
