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.

[gleee58]

You forgot to include the relic who turns up for his daily fix of attacking women, any woman will do.

[cherry*135]

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@monman12 wrote:

My how posts vary! That is normal.

We have one post which comprises of just:

"http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/pm-snubs-holden-to-buy-62m-fleet-of-bmws-that-can-withstand-t... (not a leftie paper)"

And then there is this one, headed:  (Tony Abbott’s poll bounce could turn out to be a blip) which (not unusually) is  nothing but a large C&P from an approved source,  sans any comment.

But wait there is more, the large C&P solely from the  Contributing editor of the Australian, Peter vam Onselen,  is then awarded a Kudos,  from the minimalist C&P author.

Would that   be for Onselsen the editor, or the well honed expert in C&Ps?

Of course not,  just Kudos tagging/swapping!

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Your view, but what does it add constructively to this discussion/thread?. More like the post police? With coloured images thrown in.

I could post 100 c&p's a day in this thread, if I chose to. With or without comment. My choice, not contravening any posting rules.

Same with kudo's - very unusual for others to be fixated on who kudo's who. The feature is available for use, it gets used when posters choose to. No one is required to give a reason why they kudo a post.

p.s. I sometime post  full articles from The Australian, because they are behind a paywall and others can't access the whole article if I only post the link.

[vicr3000]

Mon
And don't for get the one who wants to price a company out of using another Aussie company,
Thereby being anti aussie farmer and anti aussie jobs by forcing the company to import.
Although their will always be a place in Abattoirs for Halal killing of old cows.

[debra9275]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/scientists-surprised-by-research-funds-bein...

Scientists 'surprised' by research funds being tied to uni fee deregulation laws

The heads of some of the country's leading scientific facilities say they were caught by surprise late last year to discover that funding for world-renowned research infrastructure was linked to the passage of university fee deregulation.

Education Minister Christopher Pyne has said that $150 million funding for the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) - which has been described as the "backbone of research in Australia" - is contingent on the government's stalled higher education reforms passing the Senate.

NCRIS facilities directly employ 1700 highly skilled staff at 27 sites across the country.

Labor and the Greens have accused the government of trying to "blackmail" the Senate

yep, that's plain old blackmail

[monman12]

G58:  "You forgot to include the relic who turns up for his daily fix of attacking women, any woman will do."

 She is not alone it seems !                                                       

[debra9275]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2981918/Prime-Minister-Tony-Abbott-s-controversial-chief-sta...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's controversial chief of staff has banned all Labor appointments from keeping their jobs 

• Peta Credlin has banned Labor appointees from keeping their jobs
• It was confirmed at an Australian Institute of Company Directors lunch 
• It has been met with outrage from the Coalition and business community 
• Many of the appointees do the job for humanitarian reasons 
• Tony Abbott is a staunch supporter of Credlin calling her a 'political warrior' 

not sure if they're using Credlin as a scape-goat here

[debra9275]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/state-attorneysgeneral-unite-to-warn-george...

Liberal and Labor state Attorneys-General have banded together to warn federal counterpart George Brandis that a "crisis" in legal assistance funding will hurt the most vulnerable members of the community, and that further cuts to legal services are "short-sighted and ill-conceived".

In a blistering letter sent to Senator Brandis on Thursday and signed by the first law officers of all states and territories, the Attorneys-General state that women and children who are victims of domestic violence and Indigenous Australians are among those who will be most affected by cuts to legal funding.

"The crisis in legal assistance funding has reached such a level that we, the undersigned Attorneys-General, need to take this step to urge you to reconsider current proposals for the new national funding agreement," the letter states.

"We are united in our concern about proposed cuts in funding to Legal Aid Commissions, Community Legal Centres, the Aboriginal Legal Services as well as a range of changes to administrative arrangements

where is brandis, he's been very quiet lately. Has he been banned from interviews by abbott?

[debra9275]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/joe-hockey-raises-prospect-of-first-home-bu...

Treasurer Joe Hockey has raised the prospect of allowing first home buyers to dip into their superannuation to buy a property, saying Australians need to think very differently about the role of super in future as the population ages.

But the idea has been slammed by Labor, the Grattan Institute, and the superannuation industry, who warn it would make homes less affordable for younger people and contribute to the transfer of wealth from younger to older Australians.

The Abbott government's Intergenerational Report, which was released on Thursday, warned about the huge demographic changes that are likely to occur over the next four decades and the pressures they could put on government services

but will they have any money left to live on when they turn 100?

[cherry*135]

Independent Senator Nick Xenophon said Mr Pyne was playing "undergraduate politics" and that Australia would become an "international laughing stock" if research facilities close.

Yes, and if funding not continued, these highly skilled people will move to overseas countries to carry on their research.

[gleee58]

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@vicr3000 wrote:
Mon
And don't for get the one who wants to price a company out of using another Aussie company,
Thereby being anti aussie farmer and anti aussie jobs by forcing the company to import.
Although their will always be a place in Abattoirs for Halal killing of old cows.

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Why don't you stop the personal attacks over made up rubbish.

Read the post before you attack. Make sure you read what is written instead of translating it into some warped new version of what was written.