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boris1gary · ‎20-04-2014

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.

debra9275 · ‎24-03-2015

@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
It's much more than that Debra and I'm still waiting for my $550. 🙂

me too. It never happened

gleee58 · ‎24-03-2015

@monman12 wrote:

As for history (sorry), Santayana once said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Here it would appear that should read: Those who avoid the past are condemned to repeat it.

Nobody suggested not learning from the past. In this thread the large, colourful, cluttered posts taking a swipe at the previous mob are a deflection from the topic of the thread.

cherry*135 · ‎24-03-2015

@monman12 wrote:
A3: "Unlike these two buffoons - once in charge of the nation and the other Treasurer of Australia."
You got it correct A3!

I know.

If you want 3 buffoons, see below.

(note the above is today's cartoon, and below is recent photo of the current PM/MP's)

debra9275 · ‎24-03-2015

have a look where this comes from

http://australianconservative.com/2013/03/liberal-party-flays-gillard-govt-with-the-18-broken-promis...

https://www.liberal.org.au/18-broken-promises-rooty-hill

myopic

dellynt · ‎24-03-2015

All I see is lemons..... all day and most of the night. Lemons lemons and even more lemons

lemon peel.... all twisted and bitter as..

debra9275 · ‎24-03-2015

@gleee58 wrote:
@monman12 wrote:

As for history (sorry), Santayana once said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Here it would appear that should read: Those who avoid the past are condemned to repeat it.

Nobody suggested not learning from the past. In this thread the large, colourful, cluttered posts taking a swipe at the previous mob are a deflection from the topic of the thread.

that is probably the intention

cherry*135 · ‎24-03-2015

have a look where this comes from

Why Bronwyn Bishop needs to leave the Speaker's chair

Bronwyn Bishop is a formidable political combatant but a terrible parliamentary Speaker. She should be moved on.

To have such a partisan in the chair is dreadful for the country, even if it suited Tony Abbott to award Bishop a $341,000-a-year consolation prize for omitting her from the ministry, and himself reduced scrutiny of his government.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/why-bronwyn-bishop-needs-to-leave-the-speakers-chair-2015032...

cherry*135 · ‎24-03-2015

@konadely wrote:
All I see is lemons..... all day and most of the night. Lemons lemons and even more lemons

lemon peel.... all twisted and bitter as..

Following posters around from thread to thread, repeating the same comments = Troll.

debra9275 · ‎24-03-2015

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/03/23/australia-sends-illegal-immigrants-back-ri-territory.h...

anyway back to this article that someone claimed was 'dodgy"

when you think back to that story a couple of weeks ago about the Aust. Govt. ordering boats from Vietnam, it makes sense

Australia has sent back 15 illegal immigrants from Nepal, Iran and Bangladesh into Indonesian waters off West Java’s Sukabumi, an official said on Monday.

The illegal immigrants had reached Australia’s Christmas Island and stayed there for three days, an official of the Sukabumi Immigration office, Markus Lenggo, quoted the immigrants as saying.

"They said they crossed to the Australian island from the Pamengpeuk coastal village of Garut [in West Java] on March 17, but after three days they were sent back to Indonesian territory," Markus said.

The 15 illegal immigrants -- six from Iran including three girls, seven from Bangladesh and two from Nepal - were found stranded on the coast of Pangumbahan in Sukabumi by the police on Sunday.

They were then sent to the Sukabumi Immigration Office, which put them in its detention center, he said. Nine of them were in possession of official documents from the UNHCR refugee agency showing that they were asylum seekers, but the rest claimed that they had lost their documents.

"We are awaiting directions from IOM [International Organization for Migration] and the Law and Human Rights Ministry on what to do with the immigrants," he said as quoted by Antara news agency.

One of the asylum seekers, Muhamad Baleyet Husain from Bangladesh, said the Australian authorities told them they had to be sent back to Indonesia as the two countries were in the midst of a political row following the planned execution of two Australians drug convicts.

"We arrived on Christmas Island but the local authorities sent us back to Indonesian waters using a boat accompanied by Australian officers," Husain said.

Husain, who spoke fluent Indonesian, said he had stayed in Indonesia for six months before attempting to seek asylum in Australia

- See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/03/23/australia-sends-illegal-immigrants-back-ri-territory.h...