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.
It was a good one. There are some points in that article that those in denial should pay close attention too!
A PM on high alert: count the flags
Tony Abbott's new emergency alert system is much clearer than the low, medium, high and extreme system employed by the national security apparatus.
You need simply count the flags.
The Prime Minister had six Australian flags all in a row behind him as he delivered his national security statement on Monday. It was a personal record. His level of alert in this new dark age was off the scale.
National statements by prime ministers are by convention delivered from the floor of parliament house.
These are not conventional times for this prime minister. He'd had a near-death experience up there on Capital Hill.
And so he chose more secure surrounds: a theatre at the Australian Federal Police headquarters down the hill. Quite a stage. The podium boasted a large and reassuring police shield shining in the TV lights.
There was no one to take the spotlight from the national leader. No Bill Shorten or members of his opposition, none of the 39 traitors from Mr Abbott's own ranks, no Malcolm Turnbull.
Those looking on were serious types from the security acronyms: ASIO, ASIS, ADF, AFP. As for the band of journalists perched on bleachers down the back: they had their instructions. No questions.
This proved sensible. The Prime Minister's people had leaked virtually every line from the statement over previous days, creating headlines that built great expectations. Would the Prime Minister elucidate a new Australia where the liberties of the pre-dark age would be dismantled? Would some group of loudmouths be banned?
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here's an article on flags 
Tony Abbott's new emergency alert system is much clearer than the low, medium, high and extreme system employed by the national security apparatus.
You need simply count the flags.
The Prime Minister had six Australian flags all in a row behind him as he delivered his national security statement on Monday. It was a personal record. His level of alert in this new dark age was off the scale.
National statements by prime ministers are by convention delivered from the floor of parliament house.
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These are not conventional times for this prime minister. He'd had a near-death experience up there on Capital Hill.
And so he chose more secure surrounds: a theatre at the Australian Federal Police headquarters down the hill. Quite a stage. The podium boasted a large and reassuring police shield shining in the TV lights.
