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.

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The Queensland Opposition leader.

Nastasia something or other (name too complicated to remember !)

[cherry*135]

Abbott absence clouds Queensland election

Everyone knows why Tony Abbott's not here," Mr Shorten said. "It's because he's a vote loser.

"He's box office poison."

[nero_bolt]

[cherry*135]

Better monitor the bottle shops on the South Coast, Tony  (aka 'the grog monster' ) is holidaying there - with his old uni mates.

'After staying on deck through Christmas and New Year, Mr Abbott went on leave for a week on Sunday.

He will spend much of the week staying at a caravan park near Sussex Inlet on the south coast of NSW with a group of university friends and their families who he has holidayed with at this time for about two decades.'

[boris1gary]

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@am*3 wrote:
Post 7123 - I think you better recheck that statement.

Tony Abbott is the current PM, evidence of his grog monster behaviour in 2009 is background/basis to current allegations gphe has alcohol problems.

Now Julia G, Rudd, or Howard ... They aren't in current govt are they?

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It seems they are for the rabids, poor things.

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Rabid ?

Watching you lot go off last night on two different threads was funny, like a pack of baying Hyenas

Boris

I found another thing the Abbott Government has done well since coming to power ????

[cherry*135]

"Patients will die because of this"

Doctor warns “patients will die” rather than pay to see their GP under Medicare changes

A GP says patients will die rather than pay to see their doctor when changes to Medicare payments come into effect next week.

Dr Tass James, who has bulk-billed every patient at his Maroubra clinic in Sydney’s eastern suburbs for the past 30 years, said changes to the fee structure for 10-minute consultations are ill-conceived and will leave doctors and their patients worse off.

Medicare currently pays $37.05 for patients who see their doctor for 10 minutes or less, but under the new “10 minute rule” will pay just $16.95 for “level A” patients from January 19.

This means doctors will receive $20.10 less for consultations lasting between 6-10 minutes, a cost that could then be passed on to patients."

The change was made two days before Christmas and two weeks after the Federal Government announced it would abandon its original budget plan for a $7 co-payment fee.

Some GPs, such as Dr James, will stop bulk-billing.

“I’ll get patients that will die because of this,” Dr James said.

“In the days before bulk billing I saw it all the time. A lot of patients can’t afford to go to hospital instead so they ignore bleeding or don’t get papsmears.”

He said his only other option would be to extend patient visits to meet the 10-20 minute threshold for a rebate of $37.05, which would in turn mean he could see fewer patients each day and wait times would significantly increase.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/doctor-warns-patients-will-die-rather-than-pay-to-see-their-...

[cherry*135]

Update required on the "self employed' claim....spoken for other person.

[monman12]

I do wonder why C&P are so popular (sans research) then I notice:

"13/01/15 for those that can't seem to remember what the date is, although I understand why they wish to live in the past - such embarrassment and shame for the cheer squad of the LyingNP"

Perhaps memories are selective, because when dated comments are posted that are unpalatable, one or two here cry "history is history" , forgetting that this thread is supposedly a DIARY.

Some early BIG entries in this thread (are we allowed to go back a few months?😞

"In 1978 a young teacher by the name of Peter Woof bought assault charges against Abbott. Abbott had punched him in the face. The charges never went anywhere. Abbott was represented by a legal team of six and the young man could not afford to defend himself."

In the year 2000 he was ejected from the House along with six others. Philip Coorey reports that he was headed toward the Labor back benches ready to thump a member who had heckled him.

"Abbott, action on climate change................."

“If you want to put a price on carbon, why not do it with a simple tax?” – July 2009

“The argument is absolute bleep. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.” – December 2009

“”The carbon tax is socialism masquerading as environmentalism…” – May 2012

“It’s a market, a so-called market, in the non-delivery of an invisible substance to no one,” – July 2013

”Well I think the official in question (head of the UN’s climate change negotiations, Christiana Figueres) is talking through her hat, if I may say so,” – October 2013

 what is the applicable phrase? :

Hoist with one's own petard

I suppose that phrase will be roundly criticised (in between the children's  copied cartoons) as it stems from the 15th century.

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monman

Well presented. More examples of broken rules, hypocrisy

And as for "(sans research)", one of them ever has a Government funded teritary education !