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.
"Treasury does not know how much revenue Australia is losing to multinational profit-shifting
A senior Treasury official has warned that Australia could be losing billions of dollars in potential revenue from global profit-shifting overseas but has admitted that Treasury does not know how much"
Compelling news: "Treasury does not know" and "Australia could be losing "
Whilst I accept that there is little on display here to indicate that some know what transfer pricing/taxation hubs are, together with actual forgone taxation, I would (of course) point out that the Circus commissioned the Henry Tax Review, (sorry about history) and of the 138 recommendations implemented just 2 (TWO).
Simply:
Tax havens did not come into existence in Sept 2013
Transfer pricing did not come into existence in Sept 2013.
" there is nothing wrong with the Jakarta post, it's very similar to Al Jazeera."
Apart from the initials the similarity ends there. However I do understand the "need" to secure acceptable "stories" for MYOP distribution. The last one was particularly of nonsense quality (if you understand basic immigration law)
The unconfirmed and I assert manufactured STORY appears to have sunk (like many of the Circus era refugee boats)
Repeat:
" Asylum seekers 'turned back to Indonesia'
FIFTEEN asylum seekers say they spent three days on Christmas Island before being turned back to Indonesia."
Do you ever consider basic research? once an asylum seeker reaches land, the protocols are clear, even your C&P includes:
" We don't know for sure what happened, but that's what they say," Mr Irfan told AAP."
That would apply to the MYOPS here, but the story is also without confirmation.
Leaving aside the unconfirmed source, would you wish to return to Rudd's removal of the Pacific Solution? or are you just grasping at anti Abbott fodder for cathartic reasons?.
"We don't know for sure what happened, but that's what they say", and if it sounds good we will post is (sans research/facts)
