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.
Thought some might find this amusing.
Canberrans Furious That ABC Documentary ‘Parliamentary Question Time’ Portrays Them As Idiots
The mayor of Canberra has lashed out at the ABC for showing the fly on the wall documentary series Parliamentary Question Time, saying the show unfairly focuses on the worst residents of the city.
“Canberra is a city full of high achievers and people who talk sense but if you watched that show you’d get the impression that everyone in Canberra is a complete knucklehead,” said mayor and roundabout maintenance officer Arthur Beare.
“Take that bloke Tony who seems to be the focus of every episode. Surely they could have found someone who doesn’t have a laugh that sounds like a donkey getting its nuts twisted by a pair of pliers. And that Bill guy with his **bleep** attempts to look like a common man. Please.”
The ABC aired the show despite the protests but did delete a controversial scene from the trailer showing a character called Bronwyn farting.
Meanwhile, broadcaster Alan Jones has heavily criticised the SBS documentary series Struggle Street, claiming the broadcaster has stolen his patronising name for the working class without his permission.
http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201505087564/message-vice-chancellor-australian-consensus-centre
The work of the Australia Consensus Centre is important to Australia’s future by engaging in important discussion and economic analysis about how we ensure future generations are better off than those that came before them. Unfortunately, that work cannot happen here.
I have today spoken to the Federal Government and Bjorn Lomborg advising them of the barriers that currently exist to the creation of the Centre and the University’s decision to cancel the contract and return the money to the government.
Yours sincerely
Paul Johnson
Vice Chancellor
well, well!! 
@crosbystills wrote:It's such a comfort to know that Tony and the gang are listening to the voices of reason:
Climate change is a hoax led by the United Nations so that it can end democracy and impose authoritarian rule, according to Prime Minister Tony Abbott's chief business adviser.
What else should we expect from a person who still thinks a bad combover hides his bald patch.
He's giving Abbott lessons in combover techniques on the side.
@debra9275 wrote:http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201505087564/message-vice-chancellor-australian-consensus-centre
The work of the Australia Consensus Centre is important to Australia’s future by engaging in important discussion and economic analysis about how we ensure future generations are better off than those that came before them. Unfortunately, that work cannot happen here.
I have today spoken to the Federal Government and Bjorn Lomborg advising them of the barriers that currently exist to the creation of the Centre and the University’s decision to cancel the contract and return the money to the government.
Yours sincerely
Paul Johnson
Vice Chancellor
well, well!!
Another $4m that was easily found/promised..
Another dumb captain's call (fail).
My previous post went missing.
It seems that the UWA has handed back the $4m for Bjorn Lomborg due to 'strong opposition.'
However........
Christopher Pyne says the government is seeking legal advice and will find another university to host ‘consensus centre’ after $4m in funding was handed back.
Yeah, good luck with that. Pyne really is out of touch with the community isn't he,
