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.
@*julia*2010 wrote:
@debra9275 wrote:
how is the sex appeal comment any different
to julia gillard saying president obama is very hot ??
Here's the difference.
@polksaladallie wrote:
@*julia*2010 wrote:
@debra9275 wrote:
how is the sex appeal comment any different
to julia gillard saying president obama is very hot ??
Here's the difference.
is there something wrong with looking?
TAXPAYERS footed a more than $21,000 bill for Warren Truss to give a speech explaining the virtues of tightening the government belt and reducing expenditure after the controversial 2014 Federal Budget.
The Deputy Prime Minister's expenses, released by the Department of Finance late last month, show the Wide Bay MP spent $21,570 on a chartered flight between Canberra and Brisbane to give a speech at the Conservative Breakfast Club in Brisbane on May 14, last year.
At the time Mr Truss's speech angered retirees who took exception to his implication they were wasting their superannuation and lifesavings on cruises and overseas trips.
"The Budget takes steps to ensure the government is living within its means, and to rein in the age of entitlement," Mr Truss said, according to an online transcript of the speech.
that was an expensive flight 
@debra9275 wrote:
It's a pretty big country the U.S compared to our little country isn't it?
in case you were serious:
tony abbott also claimed expenses for Sophie Mirabella's wedding
