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.
I had no idea we were holding NZ's there 
really? 
where else do you think criminals
with cancelled visas are held?
In just under one year, New Zealanders have become the second-largest population in Australian immigration detention centres, beaten only by Iranians.
And authorities are throwing out criminal Kiwis in unprecedented numbers, sending hundreds home in the last 12 months for failing the government’s “character test”.
The December changes meant that anyone who failed the character test faced mandatory cancellation of their visa
And the Australian government has demonstrated it is not going to make an exception of our close friends from across the ditch when it comes to sending them packing.
The character-test rule applies to anyone who has been sentenced to a jail term of 12 months or more, or anyone convicted of a sexually based offence involving a child, including viewing child pornography on a computer.
Since December last year, 444 Kiwis has have their visas cancelled — 178 of them for violent crimes.
