on 20-04-2014 10:21 PM
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.
on 24-11-2015 10:09 AM
A federal government political adviser who resigned last year after Fairfax Media revealed his lobbying links to the junk food industry has been included on a commonwealth trade delegation to China.
On Monday Labor senator Penny Wong accused Trade Minister Andrew Robb of violating federal lobbying rules for taking former adviser Alastair Furnival on the trip, and said the issue "raises serious questions about integrity of the federal lobbying register"
on 24-11-2015 11:01 AM
on 24-11-2015 12:32 PM
on 24-11-2015 12:49 PM
I know, lol
on 24-11-2015 01:08 PM
on 24-11-2015 02:34 PM
on 26-11-2015 09:35 AM
hi Boris
looks like I missed you here,
don't be a stranger
on 26-11-2015 09:40 AM
The Optus cable TV and broadband network bought by the National Broadband Network for $800 million is in such poor condition the NBN is considering replacing it entirely.
Replacing the network would see costs blow out by up to $375 million and 600,000 premises forced to wait until 2019 before connecting to the NBN, according to documents obtained by Fairfax Media.
It looks like Malcolm Turnbull's second rate NBN is about to have another cost blowout and will take even longer to build
The NBN's Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) rollout will use existing pay TV cables to deliver high-speed broadband to Australians.
on 26-11-2015 12:05 PM
on 28-11-2015 09:03 AM
There have been farcical scenes in the Senate with two government senators crossing the floor, others dashing out of the chamber and the Nationals splitting from their Coalition partners