Diary of our stinking Govt.

[boris1gary]

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.

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[boris1gary]

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@nero_wulf wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

(A repeat)

http://time.com/3544762/samantha-power-ebola-clinic-healthcare-workers-liberia/

American-built clinic in Liberia being used to treat Ebola-infected healthcare workers.

I believe that Britain has a new treatment centre also in West Africa, and Britain has offered weeks ago for Australian workers to be flown to London to their specially designed centre.

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So you are volunteering to go then are you....  

So many health care workers getting infected....... 

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sad but true - for some.

https://newmatilda.com/2014/10/29/ebola-and-australian-cult-selfishness

Ebola And The Australian Cult Of Selfishness

Australia's response to the ebola epidemic has been found wanting, and not for the first time, writes Stuart Rees.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has labelled ISIS a death cult. In terms of ISIS fighters’ indifference to human life, his observation is apt.

But the Prime Minister should condemn another cult – of selfishness. Instead he encourages it.

The most recent example of this cult concerns the Australian Government’s response to the Ebola epidemic. We will help if there is no risk to our personnel. We will make a response when the disease comes to our region. We will give paltry financial aid but in the same breath attempt to deceive ourselves by claiming that we are making an appropriate contribution.

Other examples of selfishness can be observed in Ministers’ belief that everyone and every service – health, justice, education, social welfare is a commodity – whose existence should only be justified if the right kind of market price can be paid by a consumer; with little or no reference to citizens with shared responsibilities and entitlements. 

This reverence for commercialization and competition – a sort of increasing epidemic of American ‘every person for themselves’ values – becomes a justification for giving up on the responsibilities of government, as illustrated by the following questions.

Why shouldn’t Australia dispatch asylum seekers from Nauru to Cambodia, one of the world’s poorest and most corrupt countries ? Why should Australia take a lead in responding to the threat of climate change, let’s concentrate on protecting our economy? Why should those who don’t go to university pay taxes which could benefit those who do go? Why shouldn’t those least able to afford it make a co-payment to GP’s?

Taken to extremes, the cult of selfishness produces an anarchy of self-interest in which the prime motive is to reward your country, your organization or yourself at the expense of others. Accountability to principles of fairness and justice is irrelevant. Allegiance is owed to oneself or one’s tribe, and entrepreneurial characters can do almost anything if they can get away with it.

[debra9275]

a bestt seller is still a best seller MM.     

they're saying rthey expect it to be a best seller for some months??

did battlelines ever make the bestseller list do you know, or hockeys book, whatever that is titled.

I think I will do a little research on those

[nero_bolt]

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@am*3 wrote:
 We won't get any more fabricated stories now of posters claiming they found Ms Gillards book in the 'bargain bin'.

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They are not fabricated....  BIG DISCOUNT already on the so called hottest book out there... If it was that hot you wouldnt see prices like this and going down.

Julia Gillard: My Story by Julia Gillard (9780857983909) - Books - The Nile AU 

Julia Gillard: My StoryJulia Gillard

RRP $50 Save 43%! ($21.51)
Price $28.49 with FREE shipping!

http://www.thenile.com.au/books/Julia-Gillard/Julia-Gillard-My-Story/9780857983909/

A&R have even discounted the price

 Price:  $28.50

http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/my-story-julia-gillard/p/9780857983909?gclid=CMWS1rbd1cECFZcn...

Looks like the work of fiction from Gillard is heading down in price very quickly..... 

[debra9275]

abbotts battleiines sold 20,000 copies, not sure if it made the best seller list though

not your average joe, , will have to research that later

nero, how much  are battlelines and not your average Joe on that site??

[boris1gary]

talk about slander...or wasn't this printed in newscorpse or the crock jocks some are so keen on

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/30/nova-peris-allegations-audit-found-no-misuse-o...

Nova Peris allegations: audit found no misuse of money, sports commission says

AFP confirms it has been evaluating a referral from senator on ‘a number of matters’ after intimate emails were leaked

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so funny that those who minimise their tax to little or even none like to attack others for being on "welfare" - they are obviously part of hockeys "leaners" milking the system for as much as they can while trying to deny those that are in need. Disgusting.

[boris1gary]

[debra9275]

I can't even find Battlelines, do they even stock it??

I found a TA one called A Man's Man      ( never even heard iof that one before)

$25.95 plus free postage

and not your average joe on sale for $27.07 plus free postage

[debra9275]

looks like those books I mentioned have been in the bargain bin for quite a long time

[debra9275]

hope you've bought a few copies of battelines and not your average joe to show your support

they need it!