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.
@*julia*2010 wrote:
@debra9275 wrote:Do you mean graphs? No problem with relevant ones ๐
graphs are diagrams
so are drawings.another form of diagram
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed the cost of the Government's data retention plan could be almost $400 million a year, and has warned if it is not passed it would be a form of "unilateral disarmament" in the fight against crime.
wow! $400 million per year? 
@debra9275 wrote:
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed the cost of the Government's data retention plan could be almost $400 million a year, and has warned if it is not passed it would be a form of "unilateral disarmament" in the fight against crime.
wow! $400 million per year?
and proved yet again that he has no idea what it is they are talking about.
"If we lose metadata there will be an explosion of crime"
"Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed the cost of the Government's data retention plan could be almost $400 million a year, and has warned if it is not passed it would be a form of "unilateral disarmament" in the fight against crime.
wow! $400 million per year?
and proved yet again that he has no idea what it is they are talking about."
Probably because he might be continuing the Circus data retention scheme of 2011 (sorry A3)
A four-year-old briefing paper prepared by the Attorney-Generalโs department, when the ALP proposed data retention, is still on the table and seeks to scoop up much more metadata โ the when/where/how long details โ and iiNetโs chief regulatory officer, Steve Dalby, says that the governmentโs plan still lacks clarity in terms of what needs to be retained.
โIf itโs only telephone billing information. Itโs not a significant amount of data,โ Dalby said. โThe community has an expectation that data is kept anyway.โ
โBut the Attorney-Generalโs department has never retracted that 2010 briefing, so itโs a confusing message from different departments and the Prime Minister."
