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.

[cherry*135]

Your opinion only, aps

Not shared by ALL Australian voters.... you will see that  at the Election 2016...

Getting bilionaires to pay mining tax makes much more sense.

[boris1gary]

wreck slash ruin - the real 3 word slogan of the LNP/IPA

[aps1080]

Am

No country should be paying legal support or welfare for Asylum seekers.

And it is companies the tax is aimed at, the billionaires are few and far between.

In any case, with the drop in prices, it wouldnt have got much anyway.


I see you object to people being successful and making lots of money ?

[aps1080]

The right fund themselves, the left need the Govt to fund them.

[debra9275]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/more-than-62000-people-living-illegally-in-aus...

I came accross this article the other day and I must admit I was a bit surprised by it

People from China, Malaysia and the United States were the highest number of visa overstayers in Australia in 2013, with the Chinese topping the list at 7690.

According to an Immigration Department report, Migration Trends 2012-2013, visitors (44,800) and students (10,720) were the largest cohort of visa holders to overstay their visit. The highest number of visa overstayers in 2013 by nationality came from China (7690), Malaysia (6420), the US (5220) and the UK (3780).

The department says an estimated 62,100 people were unaccounted for in Australia during 2014, which is roughly 1.2 per cent of the 5.5 million people who enter the country each year on temporary visas.

[boris1gary]

and apparently things like human rights are a waste of moneybut profit shifting and not paying taxes is brilliant.

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wonder if this bloke is a mate of the abbotts..... blue must be the colour for stupid, seriously stupid.

[aps1080]

Being dictated to by the UN is a waste of money, especially the UN HRC.

Which is why most just ignore them, WOFTAMs if ever some existed.


Minimising taxes is legal.

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[boris1gary]

2015 new years resolution for me - listening to the right is a waste of time & money, so I have given it upand I feel lighter already.

heard it all before thousands of times anyway, never anything new just repeat repeat repeat the same old tired spin.

[aps1080]

Thats fine by me as long as you stop posting your lefty **bleep** as well.

The left can only achieve when funded by third parties, often the Govt.

[boris1gary]

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@debra9275 wrote:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/more-than-62000-people-living-illegally-in-aus...

I came accross this article the other day and I must admit I was a bit surprised by it

People from China, Malaysia and the United States were the highest number of visa overstayers in Australia in 2013, with the Chinese topping the list at 7690.

According to an Immigration Department report, Migration Trends 2012-2013, visitors (44,800) and students (10,720) were the largest cohort of visa holders to overstay their visit. The highest number of visa overstayers in 2013 by nationality came from China (7690), Malaysia (6420), the US (5220) and the UK (3780).

The department says an estimated 62,100 people were unaccounted for in Australia during 2014, which is roughly 1.2 per cent of the 5.5 million people who enter the country each year on temporary visas.

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I wasn't surprised Debra, there was a poster here that mentioned it more than twice - wish she would return. Doesn't bother me anyway, we are under populated regardless of what the daily rubbish says.