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.
Gosh here I am about to quote from BIG's favourite red rag: "Independent Australia"!. Taken from an article on 20 May 2012
"Craig Thomson has been cruelly pre-judged by the Australian mass media."
well there has been an update on Craig and jackson - Craig first. It must be bewildering for those that rely on newscorpse for their information
http://www.independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/jacksonville-psychology-tightens,7041
The tightening Jacksonville psychology
With Craig Thomson's appeal due to be heard next month, the FWC Commission drops most of its case against him and Kathy Jackson's cronies duck for cover.Peter Wicks reports.
The HSU saga continues — and not all of it is happening in the Trade Union Royal Commission.
Let’s start off with Craig Thomson.
Thomson’s appeal against the guilty verdict relating to allegations of improper spending of approximately $25,000 spending of union funds is due in court next month.
Meanwhile, that fearless truth seeking broadsheet The Australian has put its own unique spin on the Fair Work Commission decision to drop a massive chunk of its case against Thomson, declaring in a headline:
‘Fair Work tightens compensation case against Craig Thomson’
Tightens?
Tightens is obviously what our cheerful News Ltd propagandists call it when a case against one of their targets weakens to the point vast amounts of it needs to be dropped.
It makes you wonder what sort of negative spin Murdoch’s mob are currently concocting in the event the case against Thomson is dropped.
Thomson’s solicitor Chris McCardle disagreed with The Australian’s assessment, saying it was less a “tightening” than it was a case of the FWC having:
“… no bleeping evidence.”
P007: ""Unemployment is chronic in Australia – its hidden.
We have the worst unemployment in all of Asia and have overtaken the US."
WRONG (again) :Oct 2014 "Australia's unemployment rate set to be second worst in Asia-Pacific, says IMF"
"About 1 million temporary/457 visa/485s from countries that have ruined their own economies with a housing crash "
WRONG (again) : 457 Visa Grants May 2014 show that the total number of 457 visa holders is at an all time high of 111,780. Whilst 485 visa applications are in a sharp decline with a current total of less than 25,000.
P007: "one recent example: Thousands of local nursing graduates are desperately unemployed despite large numbers of international nurses being recruited under the 457 Visa Programme."
Would that be as accurate as your About 1 million temporary/457 visa/485s exaggerated by almost 1 order of magnitude?
MICHAEL ROFF, CEO, AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE HOSPITALS ASSN: From the private hospital perspective, 457 visas are principally used to fill vacancies that require experienced nurses with an advanced level of skills, so particularly in areas like intensive care, coronary care, maternity and operating theatres.
Do people ever bother to research or obtain facts (sorry). I again point out that inaccurate posts become a mark of one's biased political acumen, and lack of reliable substance.
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