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.
I apologise if this has already been posted http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/us-think-tank-asks-is-tony-abbott-th...
More confusion.. good Govt? 
Is Tony Abbott's GP co-payment scrapped or not? Government frontbench in confusion
There are further signs of disarray within the government with frontbenchers publicly contradicting each other over whether or not the GP co-payment has been scrapped.
Shortly after staring down an attempt to oust him from the Prime Ministership, Tony Abbott pledged that "good government" would begin this week.
But he has since been beset by internal confusion about the future of the GP fee and pursued by the opposition over how the government plans to buy new submarines.
This has been backed up with conflicting messages about the fate of the GP co-payment. On Monday, the Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary Alan Tudge twice said Tony Abbott had scrapped the GP co-payment and repeated his claim in a radio interview with the ABC on Thursday.
"We've dropped the Medicare co-payments and we're starting again from scratch," he said.
He reiterated: "The policy which we had on the table in January and February is gone, so we're starting again from scratch in terms of a deep conversation with the Australian people and with the medical profession as to how to make Medicare sustainable."
But that position was news to fellow frontbencher, parliamentary secretary to the Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, who was being interviewed on radio a short time later.
"There has been no announcement to scrap it," said Ms O'Dwyer after being played Mr Tudge's comments.
"I never like to contradict a fellow member of the team," Ms O'Dwyer added.
This is not the first time this week that the government has appeared confused about the fate of its controversial GP co-payment.
Immediately after the leadership spill ballot was defeated on Monday morning, one of the backbenchers who moved the motion appeared on Sky News and said the Prime Minister had promised to dump the policy in the partyroom.
But Luke Simpkins later said in the same interview that he was mistaken about what the Prime Minister had actually promised and retracted his earlier claim.
A source inside the room said it was unclear from the Prime Minister's address to his colleagues about the status and future of the GP fee.
Mr Abbott had what appeared to have "one of the worst senses of public relations of any prime minister in recent Australian history."
Monman, Icy
I had to laugh at this re the Human Rights Commission
"Even Graham Richardson laughed at them last night with a comment about them being aligned to the ALP. "
If he is saying that, it says something.
Would love to see the phone records of Trigg and others in the HRC and run them through the cross checker !
"Mr Abbott had what appeared to have "one of the worst senses of public relations of any prime minister in recent Australian history."
And this little gem is better?
When in fact the Circus PR could be summed up with this:
Sorry about the historical facts !
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South Australia's Defence Industries Minister says Tony Abbott's jest that Australia's next fleet of submarines could built by Russia or North Korea left him "scratching his head".
I think pretty much the whole country are scratching their heads over that one 
