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 wrote:
She-ele. We call it Choppergate on twitter๐
No comments on the boat though, secret Govt. Business
Senior moment, Deb - I knew coptergate didn't sound quite right.
Hansardgate??????
Gosh I do believe the gangs are on winter hols and the 
The facts (sorry)
Yes Joyce did "correct" Hansard (Oct 2014) for a different matter than is insinuated above (and it was covered back then, 9 months ago?):
The Hansard record had been changed to correct an error Joyce made on Monday 20 October regarding the governmentโs drought assistance package. In the speech, Joyce referred to โoverโ 4,000 people applying for drought assistance. His office changed that to read โnearlyโ 4,000. They also added a qualifier line that wasnโt originally in the speech, saying that โrecipient[s] of the Interim Farm Household Allowanceโ would also receive the assistance.
My, that is awful!
"BARNABY Joyce ordered his secretary to delete an explosive email from the head of his department that was critical of the minister and would-be deputy prime minister. "
True, but NOTHING to do with Hansard.
The department also confirmed a letter was written by Dr Grimes and emailed directly to Mr Joyce and his chief-of-staff, Diana Hallam, March 2.
The letter is understood to have been a blistering critique from Dr Grimes of Mr Joyce, and contributed to the decision to terminate Dr Grimes from his job 10 days later.
Nothing to do with Hansard whatsoever, and hardly surprising that Joyce would seek to remove a "personal" critical email record of himself, lest it be dug up at a later date by the trawlers.
Hansardgate?? more like C&Pgate history, because that gate was closed many months ago.
