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.
@am*3 wrote:...and poor people don't drive cars....
Is that Daily Telegraph ad aimed at the very dim?
That photo is nightmare material.
Apologies Am, I was going to add a warning about the photo but forgot
reading hockey on his current trip where he just can't help himself but must feel compelled to tell a few porkies,
He told BBC host Stephen Sackur that Europeans had a "fundamental misunderstanding" of Australia's economic ties with Asia, particularly China, and the view that Australia had a "massive reliance and dependence" on China for exports was a "complete misread".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/absolutely-ridiculous-joe-hockey-denies-austra...
so I thought I would check on who our biggest markets are for exports, the top 10 include 7 from Asia and China almost doubles that of number 2, certainly someone is having a "misread" - hockey is such a prat. The list won't c&p properly so the list of countries follow the table.
Australia's top 10 export markets (b) (A$ million) Goods Services Total % share Rank: China 1, Japan 2, Republic of Korea 3, United States 4, India 5, New Zealand 6, Singapore 7, Taiwan 8, United Kingdom 9, Malaysia 10, Total exports
| 94,655 | 6,881 | 101,536 | 31.9 | 1 |
| 47,501 | 1,991 | 49,492 | 15.5 | 2 |
| 19,610 | 1,675 | 21,285 | 6.7 | 3 |
| 9,580 | 5,951 | 15,531 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 9,517 | 1,921 | 11,438 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 7,399 | 3,626 | 11,025 | 3.5 | 6 |
| 5,659 | 3,549 | 9,208 | 2.9 | 7 |
| 7,356 | 704 | 8,060 | 2.5 | 8 |
| 3,859 | 3,982 | 7,841 | 2.5 | 9 |
| 5,561 | 1,664 | 7,225 | 2.3 | 10 |
| 263,467 | 55,175 | 318,642 | 100.0 |
