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.
Queen of Mean Sophie Mirabella in tacky brawl columnist Janet Albrechtsen
IT was a glittering night for Liberal Party greats but an ugly spat that unfolded after Liberal Sophie Mirabella hunted down conservative columnist Janet Albrechtsen to call her “tacky’’ is the talk of political circles.
Dubbed the Queen of Mean by critics, Mrs Mirabella is recontesting the Victorian federal seat of Indi that she lost at the 2013 election and was angered by the columnist’s recent rating of her chances on Sky News.
Confirming the clash at a gala dinner attended by 1000 guests, including the Prime Minister, she added fuel to the fire yesterday by noting Albrechtsen is romantically involved with Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger.
“I approached Janet to introduce myself and she curtly told me that we had met before but she said I wouldn't remember ‘the little people’,’’ Mrs Mirabella said yesterday.
“I apologised profusely. I thought she might want to speak with me about Indi and she told me she knew everything about Indi and walked away.’’
But witnesses to the clash insist Mrs Mirabella repeatedly called the columnist “tacky’’, an attack the Liberal candidate said she did not recall.
what the?? 
I quite like the Independent Cathy McGowan, hope she retains the seat of Indi in the next election, especially after the way the Libs tried to smear her
@debra9275 wrote:a friend sent me this to post the other day
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3851693/slow-speeds-here-to-stay/
Slow NBN speeds in Newcastle 'here to stay' unless network is rebuilt: lobby group\
CHOKED by slow speeds and clutching at straws to find a path forward, a Newcastle telecommunications lobby group has conceded the Hunter’s woes with the National Broadband Network (NBN) may never be resolved.
Who? Boris?
this is the bigger picture of turnbull's truckies' protest.
not many there are there when you see the wide shot
