Diary of our stinking Govt.

[boris1gary]

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.

[lloydslights]

Do you mean because he was Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Downer in 2006?

I personally think that Chris Kenny (and a female legally certified interpreter) may have been appointed by Immigration or Foreign Affairs  as the "independent" in getting a true statement from the pregnant Somali woman and what her actual wishes re medical procedure.

I don't have access to the Australian newspaper site as to what has been reported by him regarding the Nauru trip.

DEB

[debra9275]

he's been a bit more than that in the LNP hasn't he??

Kenny became a political adviser in 2000, as Director of Strategic Communications for Liberal Premier of SA, John Olsen. When Olsen was replaced by Premier Rob Kerin, Kenny became Chief of Staff. In 2002 he joined Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's office as media adviser, and was prominent in the handling of issues such as the Iraq War, the Bali terrorism attacks and the AWB scandal. In 2006 he was appointed chief of staff to the Foreign Minister. Kenny also stood for Liberal Party preselection for the Adelaide seat of Unley, but was defeated by David Pisoni, who went on to win at the 2006 state election.

Media career

After the defeat of the Howard Government, Kenny worked as a columnist for The Advertiser, as a television reporter for the Adelaide edition of A Current Affair, and as a talkback radio host for 5AA. In January 2009 Kenny was recruited as chief of staff to then-Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull. Kenny was Turnbull's chief of staff during the Utegate scandal, resigning when Turnbull subsequently lost the Liberal leadership. After leaving Turnbull's office, Kenny wrote opinion pieces and analysis for The Australian, ABC The Drum and SkyNews. In 2010 Kenny was appointed General Manager, External Affairs, for transport giant Asciano, but left at the end of the year to return to media work.[2] Kenny has a weekly column in The Weekend Australian and Adelaide's Sunday Mail.

anyway all that aside, it would be good to see full disclosure from all parties as to political donations etc. but that will probably never happen

[myoclon1cjerk]

Yes.All a bit suss.Everybody else knocked back except one of Rupes boys,and by accounts all he did was harrass the poor woman.The rape victim.The one we know about.

As an aside,Rupes just bought National Geographic and sacked a lot of staff.Can't have a magazine bringing up a touchy subject like climate change without ramifications.

[debra9275]

http://www.afr.com/news/policy/industrial-relations/bill-shorten-cleared-by-royal-commissions-top-la...

The trade union royal commission's top lawyer has found Labor leader Bill Shorten did not engage in any criminal or unlawlul conduct following an exhaustive investigation into his conduct during his years with the Australian Workers Union.

well, there you go!

I'm sure that news will disappoint some here

[myoclon1cjerk]

I think we can draw a line under that one debra.Next on the agenda is Truffles' trip to Paris for climate talks and his backing of the coal industry.'He's just another Tony without the bat ears.

[debra9275]

funny they've released that news so late on a Friday night- maybe they hoped no-one would notice 

oddly, newscorp seem to have missed the scoop on this story so far 

[moonflyte]

The rc didn't miss the family who have been living high for years stealing hundreds of thousands though.  The whole thing about the unions is that they rort the workers and line their own pockets. It cannot be denied because there's too much exposed now for them to say it's only a few bad apples.

When the President od the Labor party and of the HSU rort the tune of millions it's rotten from the top.

No excuse can be made for the corruption and Shorten is trying to besmirch the whole RC to cover up the criminality. 

I laugh at the excuses made on here, it's shameful and ridiculous to try to deny what's been going on for decades and no false analogies can cover it up, not any more.

[debra9275]

who Kathy Jackson and Michael Lawler???

- abbott's mates

no excuses from me-- I always knew she was a baddie

[myoclon1cjerk]

Remember the outrage from the Tea Party goers when the carbon tax was introduced.Let's see their reaction to this bit of news.

http://m.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tax-hike-how-a-125-per-cent-gst-will-cost-houses...

[bella_again]

Has anyone read the Australian today 'Tax reform must link to welfare'  I believe there is a call for tax reform and welfare reform to go hand in hand.  I can't access the article as I don't have a subscription but if someone has could you please give me the gist of it?