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.
mm12 wrote;
did indeed see BA's post, and a copy of the same from A3:
BA
A3
Must have something of interest if they C&P it, even more so in duplicate, and BA added some comments! CHUCKLE
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Chuckles on you
Another incorrect assertion.
@am*3 wrote:Joe Hockey hasn't moved on from the 'lifters and leaners' and is still trying to pit working people against those who are eligbile for and receive welfare payments.
This article just makes Hockey look plain stupid imo, very unrealistic at the least. Does he not value families at all? Single parents (and couples with children) out of work or on low incomes are just as valuable members of society as any other person.
Why doesn't he visit and speak with a single parent and a couple, with children who are unemployed, and a single parent or couple who work and receive a low income and receive welfare as well (welfare that they are entitled to under current laws).
Then lets see if he still thinks they are 'welfare rich'.
1. A single parent with two children has 3 people to feed and clothe and accomodate. A single person has self only to support
2. Full time worker without kids - again has one person (self) to support and accomodate. Single parent with 2 children under six has three people to support and accomodate
Apart from that welfare payments for parents are reduced when youngest is 6yo (?) From then (I think) they are equivalent to Newstart allce (low around $250 a week).
Avg rent would be at least $20 000 a year for a family.
The Govt collects taxes and redistributes the money to areas of need, including social welfare. No surprise there.
Cut and Paste starts here:
Joe blasts ‘welfare rich’ who have more money to spend than workers
TAXPAYERS have a right to know how much welfare they are really paying for, Treasurer Joe Hockey said.
In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph, [
] Mr Hockey said he had insisted that the federal Budget papers reveal the true disparity in disposable income between people who worked full-time and those who received welfare.
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@am*3 wrote:
I guess that this will never apply to Just an Average Joe or Toxic Tony
that's actually vey good! Did they say "scammers" "rorters" "fraud" and "double dipping" or not?
gosh they don't even know what their wives do, let alone what they said last week
