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.
"debra9275 wrote:
where is that video of Joe Hockey saying how terrible it was when interest rates fell under the last govt?"
The ABC one? which also included this:
"And if you don't reduce your spending when you've got record terms of trade, when you've still got five per cent unemployment or 5.5 per cent unemployment as the case has been, if you don't run surpluses in those sorts of environments, when are you going to run a surplus and start to pay down $400 billion of debt"
I suppose he was making a reference to Swan and his continuous: I can see and promise you a surplus garden, which never germinated.
I wonder why?
