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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.Woman Happy

 

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.

 

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Who cares.

 

exactly Smiley Happy

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Well, yes, I don't believe any are from 1979 anyway... gleee did you read those "flag" articles back there? I laughed at the SBS one about the press being terrified when they see all the flags. 😃
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"Embattled Speaker Bronwyn Bishop is being accused of using taxpayers money to attend former Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella's wedding, calling the trip official business.

 

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Soon after the coalition was elected in 2013, numerous ministers, including Tony Abbott, were forced to pay back taxpayer money they claimed to travel to weddings - including that of Ms Mirabella.

 

Senator George Brandis, Scott Morrison, Barnaby Joyce and Mr Abbott paid back the money, but Ms Bishop failed to follow followed suit, Fairfax newspapers reported on Friday.

 

The reports say an expense document written by Ms Bishop lists only "committee chair business" when asked the purpose of the $600 flights, which took her to three cities, including Albury, from where she travelled to the Wangaratta wedding.

 

A spokesman for Ms Bishop confirmed she was on official business when in Albury, but refused to answer questions about what that business was or whether she had any official engagements during the trip, Fairfax says."

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/24/bronwyn-bishop-claimed-expenses-trip-sophie-mirabellas...

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@debra9275 wrote:
I've just looked at them all and none are from 1979.

Which one do you say is?

Woman Frustrated

 

 

I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities and interests are different for physiological reasons.

  • SRC (Students Representative Council) student paper, Sydney University, 1979.

 

 

 

if your source told you it was fairly

recent - again, change your source. Woman Frustrated

 

 

 

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His attitude has never changed when you look at the rest of his recent comments about women

That's pretty disturbing really
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worth reposting in light of the recent

assertions.

 

 

Again I mention that making a definitive statement that is demonstrably wrong (again),  only serves to underwrite the lack of credibility of the whole and also  subsequent  posts.

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i guess he's held the same views on women since his uni days then Julia, thanks for pointing that out

 

http://www.news.com.au/national/a-look-back-at-most-controversial-tony-abbott-moments-after-prime-mi...

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i guess he's held the same views on women since his uni days then Julia, thanks for pointing that out

 

 Woman LOL

 

i did no such thing.

in fact - i did the opposite.

 

i posted a fairly recent response by

abbott to the 1979 quote. 

 

(not to mention correcting yet another

misleading comment)

 

 

 

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Unfortunately he's made a few more rather derrogatory comments about women since 1979 that confirm his attitude
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http://www.news.com.au/national/a-look-back-at-most-controversial-tony-abbott-moments-after-prime-mi...


Woman LOL

 

how is the sex appeal comment any different

to julia gillard saying president obama is very hot ??

 

Woman LOL

 

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