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.

[fourandsixpants]

to myoclon who said:

None of us want to bring down Abbott.We want him to stay on,right up until the next election. .....

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"...Could one of the LNP cheer squad please tell me where I am wrong in concluding that the LNP face annihilation at the next election.

Because:
1) car redundancies will really hit in 2016 (the election year?) Unemployment does not gain votes.

2) Tony is having a Productivity Commission to investigate penalty rates etc and has promised to take its conclusions to the next election. No prizes for forecasting its conclusions. Tony will in effect be stating that only if you vote for the LNP will 'Work Choices' be resurrected. Work Choices does not gain votes.

3) When Tony makes an election promise any journalist (non-Murdoch media) will ask is that particular promise the same as the Gonski, no cuts to the ABC and SBS etc etc promises? Broken promises/no credibility do not gain votes...."

check out and read some of the comments following the article:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-30/barnes-abbott-needs-backing-not-the-boot/6056446#comments

Australians 'loathe' Tony Abbott and the LNP          *.....reaches for tissue

[fourandsixpants]

to Boris

same article as above (to myoclon) .....another one of the 350 comments before closed:

"Bring on Bishop as PM and then we can scrutinise her time as a lawyer in the shame of the asbestos compensation claims. We already know that how you acted as a lawyer before you came into politics is fair game"

[vicr3000]

The ABC supporters are out in force in that article

The mistake Abbott made was saying no cuts tot he ABC and SBS when everyone knew the fat, bloated organisation

of the ABC needed to have some fat trimmed off the budget as they can't be on a pedastal all alone, immune from

cuts for the previous 10 years or so.

 He just needs to take another $100 million off or more.

[fourandsixpants]

 ......a chance of a very nasty surprise for the LNP this weekend.

http://insidestory.org.au/campbell-newman-and-the-ghost-of-joh-bjelke-petersen

[fourandsixpants]

 to am3

for those interested in 'historical PM's' and what is happening in their world right now....

Australia’s former Prime Minister John Howard has been accused of war crimes before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

A document titled Complaint against John Howard to the International Criminal Court has been sent to The AIMN by a member of the SEARCH Foundation - an on-line copy of the document can be found here. Permission has been given by one of the authors to reproduce the document, but due to its length (75 pages) we (AIMN) have reproduced a summary.......

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On 26 February 2003 forty-three Australian international law experts publicly warned that:

“The weak and ambiguous evidence presented to the international community by the U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, to justify a pre-emptive strike underlines the practical danger of a doctrine of pre-emption. A principle of pre-emption would allow national agendas completely to destroy the system of collective security contained in Chapter Seven of the UN Charter and return us to the pre-1945 era, where might equalled right.”

They further warned that:

“The International Criminal Court now has jurisdiction over war crimes and crimes against humanity … It attributes criminal responsibility to individuals responsible for planning military action that violates international humanitarian law and those who carried it out. It specifically extends criminal liability to heads of state, leaders of governments, parliamentarians, government officials and military personnel.”

The Australian Government, led by Mr. Howard, defied legal opinion.

Parliament was adjourned on 8 March 2003. In the late hours of 17 March 2003, Mr. Howard and his Cabinet voted to authorise Australian air, land and naval personnel to attack Iraq. US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Armitage made an official request for the involvement of Australian troops late on the night of March 20. It later became known that Australian special operations troops, with Cabinet authorisation, had entered Iraq as much as 30 hours before the outbreak of war.

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The House of Representatives Official Hansard records later that day, at 2.03pm, that Prime Minister Howard moved a resolution asking parliament to support the Cabinet decision. The record reads in part:

“This morning I announced that Australia had joined a coalition, led by the United States, which intends to disarm Iraq of its prohibited weapons of mass destruction.”

The ‘facts’ – and they are comprehensive with links provided to the ‘evidence’ – continue for over a dozen pages and conclude with:

As a result of the 20 March 2003 invasion of Iraq, there have been at least 105,439 – 115,149 civilians killed, and the Wikileaks war logs suggest a further 13,750, according to Iraq Body Count.

http://theaimn.com/complaint-john-howard-international-criminal-court/

[vicr3000]

Another total WOFTAM.

Some of these orgs dream up some wasteful things, just another method for lefties tom be anti war.

They should have built a wall around Iraq.

[debra9275]

he has everyone laughing too 

[debra9275]

on Monday Abbott is going to dump or wind back the PPL, it was always a stupid policy imo

[debra9275]

lonely Tony??

this was snapped at a country town cafe yesterday. He is here in Vic for the Cadel Evans bike ride tomorrow. He also put in an appearance at the Bulla Ice cream factory yesterday, probably so he can claim his expenses ( as he has done before)

[fourandsixpants]

What??! Tones didn't see supporting his Stale State Mate Campbell up in Qld as a priority?

.....a push bike ride more important than an LNP STATE ELECTION ?  .....* wow