but its fun to watch the contortions.
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.
One of the things that the government has been very careful about discussing too much in recent times is industrial relations - specifically, how unfair they think it is that employers are still expected - indeed, obligated! - to pay staff.
After all, these captains of industry already generously provided the chattering classes with work - and now they want money as well? Bunch of grasping ingrates.
Fortunately relief might be in sight for our nation's struggling bosses as the government has flagged an exciting new idea: slavery!
While addressing business leaders in Brisbane this morning Prime Minister Tony Abbott outlined the government's new strategy under which unemployed folks can be farmed out to businesses for free for four weeks apiece without said businesses having to pay a cent - flagged as a "try before you buy" scheme. You'll note that the things the PM is suggesting should be tried before being bought are, in fact, people.
"I think this is good for you," he enthused to the future slavers. "It gives you the opportunity to get staff who want to have a go."
Now, one imagines that there will be some sort of monitoring in place to ensure that businesses don't just turn over their staff for new free labour every month. Although there may not be: after all, it'd be more of that ghastly regulation and red tape that this government is so gosh-darn worried is strangling business.
There are bigger problems, like the uncomfortable fact that all of the available evidence about Work For The Dole schemes suggests that they don't work.
is this true?? 
