on 20-04-2014 10:21 PM
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.
on 19-11-2015 08:37 AM
odd that the Ashby raid was not mentioned on the news at all
this was though
A former Victorian Liberal party chief, Damien Mantach, has been charged with 44 counts of fraud over a missing $1.5m
Between 1 June 2010 and 29 January 2015, Mantach is alleged to have falsely represented tax invoices of the company Campaign Mail Logistics, which was registered to his wife, Jodie Mantach, according to charge sheets tendered in court.
he did this for 5 years?
on 19-11-2015 08:41 AM
Special minister of state Brough confirms he was visited by Australian federal police investigating the leak of the former Speaker’s diary
on 20-11-2015 10:25 AM
Concern about extending Rupert Murdoch's dominance of the Australian media market is fuelling debate within Labor about whether to back the Turnbull government's relaxation of media ownership laws.
on 21-11-2015 08:40 AM
Federal Labor has savaged senior NT Minister Peter Chandler for failing to read an influential report about the dangers of allowing Chinese interests to take over the Port of Darwin.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has arrived in the Top End amid the deepening row over the $506 million deal with the Landbridge Group.
Defence analysts have raised concerns about links between Landbridge and the Chinese Communist Party.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has published a report which raises concerns the 99-year lease is a strategic move by China to increase its influence in northern Australia, where the United States already has a military presence.
hmmm makes a bit of a mockery of 'border security"
21-11-2015 09:20 AM - edited 21-11-2015 09:20 AM
No he doesn't, the reach of the ABC and all it's affiliations of radio and digital reaches so much more that it makes the News Ltd range look miniscule.
You don't like it because its the media of choice for most Australians.
on 21-11-2015 09:49 AM
You don't like it because its the media of choice for most Australians.
that's not true... that's why he wants more
on 23-11-2015 12:13 PM
News Corp to axe 55 editorial jobs at The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun
on 23-11-2015 12:33 PM
on 24-11-2015 09:29 AM
Fairfax to dump 150 jobs.
on 24-11-2015 10:06 AM
I haven't seen that about 150 job losses at Fairfax today
where did you get your information? if you could post a link to the story that would be good
I only found this from earlier in Nov
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-06/fairfax-regional-jobs-cut-new-england/6919104
Fairfax Media has announced plans for a major restructure of its papers in the New England and north-west, including 22 job cuts.
on the other hand, this explains newscorp's losses
http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/news-corps-2bn-australian-bloodbath-20130923-j0ecz