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.
The federal government’s own Interim Report into Welfare Reform shows that the proportion of Australians accessing welfare benefits has been falling since 1997. Source: Department of Social Security.
.....no graph sorry just a cute sneak peek, reality shot
Gosh a graph Cherp. You do realise some do not understand them, and others do not believe them, unless they are overhead andspraying "evil stuff".
I would suggest indicating what the different strata colours mean would be useful, and also a mention of the significance in this C&P "debate"
Now consider the two graphs in conjunction, there is a connection.
Age dependency ratio, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Who (or how) will the younger working population "pay" for the increasing level and trend of the older dependants.
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looking down on people is something the cons are good at (there has to be at least one thing) but all it means is we just see up their noses, gives a great view of the empty space where their brains should be.
As a result, the building unions are launching vigorous personal attacks on Steve McCann but not on the CEOs of other big builders like Leighton and Multiplex.
When the royal commission into union abuses turns to the building unions next week it will soon find itself investigating the cartel-style agreements between unions and large builders that have boosted the cost of Australian commercial construction by lowering productivity.
My guess is that we will have a royal commission into the past conduct of Leighton, Multiplex, Lend Lease and other major builders as well as the long overdue inquiry into building union activities.
The old Lend Lease was an active participant in those cartel-style agreements, so much so that the Victorian government -- which was the first government to pass legislation to block cartel-style behaviour between big builders and unions -- stopped Lend Lease tendering for government work. The building unions went to the courts on behalf of their then partner, Lend Lease, to have the Victorian government ban on Lend Lease overturned. (The unions won the first round but lost on appeal.)
How things have changed. The building unions have now sent a circular to their members blasting Lend Lease CEO Steve McCann and Boral chief Mike Kane. McCann and Kane are described as “anti-worker bosses” and, along with Tony Abbott’s, their salaries are highlighted. Clearly the unions are furious that both Boral and Lend Lease are backing the code.
Significantly, the unions are not attacking the chiefs of companies like Leighton and Multiplex. These companies are being much more cautious than Lend Lease in ending their cartel-style agreements with unions.
In WA the building unions offered to cut the mining boom-boosted payment levels but to leave in place all the cartel-style powers to decide who can be subcontractors. It is tempting to many major builders but if any builder signs agreements based on the union offer they will be banned from future federal government work because the agreements are blatantly outside the rules of the government code. Complicating matters is the fact that big groups like Leighton do not have sufficient on-the-ground management skills to manage outside a cartel-style agreement.
As the major builders skirmish for a position, subcontractors are also examining their strategy. Under the cartel-style agreements with big builders, unions controlled who was allowed to subcontract and also the rules of the subcontract. Now the federal government is proposing that any company involved in contracts that are fully or partly funded by the federal government must have labour agreements that limit the power of unions over subcontractors. In NSW and Queensland there have been extensive briefings from government officials and industry bodies to subcontractors as to how the new code will work.
However part of the problem is that the required legislation has not yet passed through parliament and will require support from the new Senators. The federal government believes it can end the cartel-style agreements without legislation but it is a lot simpler with legislation.
The result will be many more hospitals and buildings for the same money.