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.
Look at this!!! Tut tut tut. Typical Liberals stuffing everything up....in WA this time
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Colin Barnett has plunged WA to its first budget deficit in 15 years and the biggest deficit in the State’s history.
The Barnett Government’s Mid-Year Review, released yesterday, confirmed WA will plunge to a massive $1.3billion budget deficit this financial year and that State debt will blow out to $30.8billion.
The shocking state of the budget is the result of six years of financial mismanagement by Mr Barnett and his Government.
Remember, Mr Barnett inherited the best set of books in history from the former WA Labor Government. Just take a look at the graph above and share it with your family and friends.
He also had a windfall revenue stream from booming iron ore royalties yet still managed to blow every last cent and send us deeper into debt. This is what happens when you have a Premier who is happy to spend taxpayers’ money like a drunken sailor and refuses to heed warnings about his extravagant waste. He’s like the bloke who won Lotto then went broke.
Don’t be fooled by Mr Barnett’s claim that this deficit could not have been avoided. Mr Barnett has always known about issues around WA’s share of the GST and the volatility of iron ore prices but continued to keep on spending. A responsible Premier would have created a plan to get the budget back under control a long time ago.
We now know what Mr Barnett’s real ‘bigger picture’ is all about - bigger debt, bigger deficits and bigger taxes.
Find out more about Colin Barnett's waste and mismanagement at LiberalWaste.org.au
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2014/s4083051.htm
The ABC's departing chief political correspondent Mark Simkin will lead Tony Abbott's media team in a behind-the-scenes shake-up announced by the Prime Minister late today.
the PM's office has hired one of those lefties?
that;s kind of funny or hypercritical or both 
some spin about it on Chris Kenny's twitter page
