on โ20-04-2014 10:21 PM
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.
โ04-02-2015 06:17 PM - edited โ04-02-2015 06:19 PM
Today
Peta Credlin overrules Health Minister Sussan Ley's pick for chief of staff
Health Minister Sussan Ley's first choice as top adviser was knocked back by Prime Minister Tony Abbott's controversial chief of staff, Peta Credlin.
The thing about the star chamber is that Peta has just vetoed people she didn't want, she's just filled offices with acolytes, that's one of the reasons the government is now treading water
Fairfax Media has confirmed with three sources โ including one familiar with the inner-workings of the "star chamber" that vets government staff - that Rowena Cowan was knocked back by Ms Credlin in recent weeks.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister denied the story, declaring it was "wrong" but would not elaborate.
The well-respected Ms Cowan is an experienced staffer who worked for senior Howard government ministers Nick Minchin and Richard Alston and who has also enjoyed a successful career in the corporate sector. She returned to politics after the 2013 election to work as Ms Ley's chief of staff when she was a junior minister.
She quit after the decision was taken to not let her remain chief of staff to Ms Ley, who was made a cabinet minister in the December reshuffle. She also knocked back an offer of a more junior role as senior adviser
Contacted by Fairfax Media, Ms Ley's office confirmed Ms Cowan had recently quit.
A spokesperson did not deny Ms Credlin had overruled Ms Ley, offering only a "no comment".
Ms Cowan said: "I have absolutely no comment to make".
Ms Ley instead hired Cath Patterson, who served in the same role for former health minister Peter Dutton.
Ms Ley is not the first cabinet minister to have their choice of chief of staff knocked back by the star chamber.
..........................At the same time, senior figures in the party's powerful right wing told Fairfax Media the crisis engulfing Mr Abbott's leadership could widen because he refused to make the one big change many colleagues most want, which is Ms Credlin's removal.
Several MPs, all of whom asked not to be named, said next week's first party room meeting for 2015 loomed as a crunch point with demands Ms Credlin be removed before then.
One warned Mr Abbott could face a party room uprising on the issue and that the chief of staff's position was untenable, as was that of her husband, Mr Loughnane.
"He cannot do his job and advise the Prime Minister objectively on what's going wrong while his own wife remains so central to the problem," the source said.
MPs believe one of the positions has to be vacated.
"Either Credlin goes or Brian should step down," the source said
on โ04-02-2015 06:34 PM
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Step right up biggest load of incompetent clowns ever in the history of Australian Governments, where's all the LyingNPers?
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on โ04-02-2015 06:39 PM
I can hear you laughing from here, boris.
Slow learner or what?
.....Leadership chatter was sparked by Mr Abbott's disastrous decision to knight Prince Philip - a decision widely ridiculed and mocked both in Australia and abroad.
The Prime Minister has conceded it was one of many "Captain's calls" that he has made, including his paid parental leave scheme, which he finally scrapped this week after five years of internal complaints.
โ04-02-2015 07:41 PM - edited โ04-02-2015 07:42 PM
on โ04-02-2015 08:51 PM
Health Minister Sussan Ley's first choice as top adviser was knocked back by Prime Minister Tony Abbott's controversial chief of staff, Peta Credlin.
The thing about the star chamber is that Peta has just vetoed people she didn't want, she's just filled offices with acolytes, that's one of the reasons the government is now treading water
Fairfax Media has confirmed with three sources โ including one familiar with the inner-workings of the "star chamber" that vets government staff - that Rowena Cowan was knocked back by Ms Credlin in recent weeks
too much control?? or just looking for someone to blame?? not sure
on โ04-02-2015 09:16 PM
โ04-02-2015 09:49 PM - edited โ04-02-2015 09:51 PM
Step right up biggest load of incompetent clowns ever in the history of Australian Governments or: disregard your own tax review.
The REAL
Intergenerational Thieves
The Circus, who having commissioned the Henry Tax Review, ignored it , thus eliciting numerous comments along these lines :
May 2010
"The Government's response to the Henry Tax Review has left Australia without direction according to PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Tim Cox."
"In total, Henry produced 138 recommendations, most of which were ignored by the Rudd and Julia Gillard governments."
That the Rudd government has avoided broad-based reform to the tax system, while growing a new and potential enterprise-sapping umbilical to mining industry profits, says everything about its weak-willed, knee-jerk response to Ken Henryโs tax review.
Itโs a โgreat documentโ, said Alan Kohlerโโโโprobably the best tax review ever produced in this countryโโโโbut after months of hype and review, the government has only actually adopted 1.75 of its 138 recommendations:
as indicated : " Step right up BIGgest load of incompetent clowns ever in the history of Australian Governments " "incompetent clowns " is apt for the ex Circus.
โ04-02-2015 09:51 PM - edited โ04-02-2015 09:53 PM
May 2010, chortle. Nearly 5 years ago. That is nearly 5 years of history unaccounted for in that article... the last 16 months 'history' would be an eye opener.
on โ04-02-2015 10:39 PM
More of mono's desperate deflections.
on โ04-02-2015 10:39 PM
Big business & retirees - warn Abbott
RETIREES have warned Tony Abbott not to fund his childcare package through a 1.5 per cent levy on big business as it would strip about $1.6 billion a year from franking credits, cutting their ยญinvestment income.
The call came as big business groups intensified their attack on the governmentโs decision to ยญprovide a 1.5 per cent tax cut to small business but not big business, declaring it inequitable and uncompetitive.
The Business Council of Australia and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the nationโs corporate tax take was already the second highest in the OECD.
The Prime Minister said on Monday his paid parental scheme would not proceed and would be replaced with a families package focused on childcare.
National Seniors chief executive Michael OโNeill said any ยญreduction in franking credits would hurt self-funded retirees ยญalready struggling with their interest income being halved by ยญsuccessive cuts to rates.
Franking credits are derived from tax paid by corporations but levies are not included.
If company tax was cut from 30 per cent to 28.5 per cent with a 1.5 per cent levy on big business, franking credits would be based on 28.5 per cent rather than 30 per cent.
Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Brendan Pearson said the application of different tax rate on companies based on their size was not good tax policy.
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox said to take the 1.5 per cent cut away from some companies and leave it with others โwould seem to us to be completely unfair and ยญinequitableโโ.