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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@debra9275 wrote:

but.. what are they thinking???

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They think they are above the rules and the laws.

[debra9275]

maybe they intended to change the law so they don't have to comply to it..... I know they've had other things to deal with lately, but they've had a very long time to lodge it

[cherry*135]

Weak defence. If the report was due before a certain date, then the only data used should be what was available prior to that date.

I have posted the whole article as it is paywalled.

Hockey defends ‘illegal’ Intergenerational Report delay

TREASURER Joe Hockey has defended his decision to delay publishing a significant government report, which Labor has branded a “flagrant breach of the law”.

The Charter of Budget Honesty Act, enacted by the Howard government in 1998, requires each Intergenerational Report to be released within five years of the previous edition. However it is now two days overdue.

“Basic processes are grinding to a halt as Coalition infighting and self-interest dogs the Abbott government,” Labor treasury spokesman Chris Bowen said.

“The Treasurer is obviously more interested in protecting his job than actually doing it.

“It is simply unacceptable for the Treasurer to be in flagrant breach of the law.”

Mr Hockey this morning pledged to release the report “around the end of this month”.

“We wanted to use the very latest data, particularly given that we had to write down revenue substantially in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook released just before Christmas,” Mr Hockey told reporters in Queanbeyan, outside Canberra.

“Using the latest data gives us a better Intergenerational Report and that’s what I want to do, carefully and methodically deliver credible documents and that’s exactly what it will be.”

Mr Hockey noted Labor released its 2010 Intergenerational Report early, suspecting political motives were at play. [Labor blame game, nothing to do with him not releasing the report on time]

Mr Bowen said a future Labor government would commission the independent Parliamentary Budget Office to produce the Intergenerational Report, eliminating “short-term political considerations … on either the timing or substance of these reports”.

The Abbott government is not alone in breaching legal deadlines for reports. For example, the NSW government is now 14 months’ overdue in releasing a statutory report dealing with the abuse of listening devices by police and prosecutors.

Asked about the NSW case last month, University of NSW public law professor George Williams said it was a “very poor look” for the state’s Attorney-General but doubted there would be any legal ramifications.

“It’s not likely to be an enforceable provision ... as a court would not normally make an order requiring the minister to fulfil such a requirement. In effect, it is not possible to force a review,” Dr Williams told The Australian at the time.

“This would leave the minister in breach, which is a very poor look for a person responsible for enforcing the laws.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/hockey-defends-illegal-intergenerational-report-del...

[cherry*135]

Alan Moir

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[vicr3000]

Some parts of the economy are going gangbusters, flat out.

[vicr3000]

Am3

5years ago versus 16 months ?

well what did labor do in those 5 year before worrying about what this govt has done.

Give them equal time so come back in 3.5 years.

[cherry*135]

I thought you might have taken it aboard by now I am not interested in what Labor or past Govts did or didn't do. I am interested in the current Govt and what they are up to.

This..... but Labor... but Labor.. Gillard blah... Rudd blah response to nearly every post about Abbott, is very tiresome.

When the Labor Govt was in power there were numerous threads about them discussing everything they did or didn't do... been there, done that.

More important issues re the current Govt to discuss/comment on/post  about.

[monman12]

V300: Some parts of the economy are going gangbusters, flat out. 

Sometimes V300 I think that it is only gangbusters for some when their  "gimme gimme" is answered with pre election hand feeding .

Now in the current  Govt's rose smelling world of real economics:

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AX)

$93.27 2.48(2.73%) 16:10

I bought mine @ around $6.85 some years ago.  Did I mention the sweet fragrance of the FF dividends?:

  A dividend by any other name would smell as sweet.

nɥºɾ

[vicr3000]

Am

You cant criticise what this govt has or hasnt done in 16 months when labor did zero in 5 years.

You need to give them th same amount of time.

Same as the jobs promise, he has 4 more years.


And everytime you criticise abbott or this govt we WILL do a comparison, whether you like it or not.
And not just once but repost it multiple times until you stop saying w cant compare.