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.
@am*3 wrote:
ROFL
Type of response i would expect from someone laughing all the way to the bank 
Federal budget 2015: Houdini Hockey plots Tony Abbott's great escape
This is Joe Hockey's Houdini budget, crafted to release the Treasurer and Tony Abbott from the chains, handcuffs and straitjacket they painstakingly donned last year before hurling themselves overboard in front of a hostile and disbelieving audience.
"What has changed?" you might ask, in just 12 months. As Hockey tells it, the country has "stared down terrorist events in Sydney and Melbourne", dealt with a terrible drought in two states, confronted a collapse in the iron ore price and faced weaker than expected global growth. Oh, yes, and the government very nearly imploded, too. Yet, thanks to the Coalition's careful planning and astute management, we have emerged in terrific shape.
If the narrative stretches credulity, so too do the budget forecasts of higher-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected unemployment, driven party by lower energy prices and interest rates, and a return to an underlying cash surplus in 2019-20.
this cartoon from the Age sums it up pretty well for me
@vicr3000 wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
ROFLType of response i would expect from someone laughing all the way to the bank
I was ROFL at your comments, but you know that.
