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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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Privatise the NSW health system? Bye bye Mr Baird
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just who is this bloke.........

 

Kevin Andrews Minister for Social Services

 

As a backbencher, Andrews authored the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996 to overrule Northern Territory legislation that legalised euthanasia (the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995).

 

Andrews also called for an end to trials of the RU-486 drug and voted against a bill that took away the Health Minister’s power to veto applications to allow the drug to be used.

 

In taking a stance against stem cell research in 2002, he stated that it was the “first time” that “human beings can be treated as a commodity”. He also took a stance against stem cell research during a debate in 2006, which resulted in the overturning of a previous ban on the research.

 

As the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, he was responsible for introducing the Howard Government’s major changes to industrial relations law in 2005, commonly known as WorkChoices.

 

Andrews is a member of the Lyons Forum, a socially conservative Christian faction within the Coalition. He has served as the Forum Secretary and is credited with suggesting the name for the faction.

 

As Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Andrews attracted controversy after he revoked on character grounds the visa of Dr Mohamed Haneef, who had been granted bail on charges of aiding terrorists. After the Director of Public Prosecutions dropped all charges against Haneef, Andrews refused calls to reinstate Haneef’s visa, stating that his personal evidence was still valid. Andrews’ justification of his decision, on the basis that he had a reasonable suspicion that Haneef had associated with suspected terrorists and therefore failed the test of good character that a person must pass to keep a visa, was rejected in the Federal Court, and the revocation of Haneef’s visa was overturned. However in November, e-mails released under the Freedom of Information act appeared to indicate that Andrews’ office had a plan to revoke the visa before the case went to court, in the case that bail was granted.

 

In 2009, Kevin Andrews declared his candidacy against Malcolm Turnbull in a vote for a leadership spill, in opposition to Turnbull’s support for the government’s emissions trading scheme. He had declared himself a climate change sceptic, saying that ‘the jury is still out’ on human contributions to global warming. The party room however voted down having a leadership spill 41 votes to 35 and the Andrews challenge did not eventuate.

 

Andrews made a speech to the Endeavour Forum on 9 April 2003, a group focusing on women’s issues, opposing abortion, equal opportunity and affirmative action.

 

In December 2013, as Social Services Minister, Andrews introduced to the House of Representatives a bill repealing almost all of the gambling harm-minimisation measures passed by the Gillard Labor government in November 2012.

 

Andrews is pushing the idea that pensioners suffering “episodic” illnesses such as depression should be given monthly or quarterly medical certificates rather than getting two-year “set and forget” pensions. This idea, he said, was particularly important given there were now more disability pensioners suffering from psychological conditions than suffering musculoskeletal problems.

 

Despite the financial crisis that apparently makes it necessary for us to send people suffering from depression ‘down pit’, Mr Andrews was able to find $20 million for marriage guidance counselling vouchers. This of course has nothing to do with the fact that he and his wife are/were involved in the marriage counselling business.

 

I have tried to remain factual in this snapshot biography of our Social Services Minister but hells, bells and cockle shells, it would be hard to find someone less suitable for the job.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-18/labor-says-job-cuts-likely-after-medicare-locals-review/516355...

 

Labor Senator says job cuts likely after Federal Government's Medicare Locals review

 

Queensland Labor Senator says primary health services are under threat from the Federal Government's review of Medicare Locals.

 

The scheme was set up by Labor in 2011 to deliver services such as after-hours GP services, immunisation and mental-health support.

 

Medicare Locals employ around 3,000 people across the nation.

 

Speaking in Cairns, Senator Jan McLucas says further health jobs could be lost.

 

"Here in north Queensland, we know what review means," she said.

 

"We lost more than 200 health staff following the State's review of our health system and now we're facing a review of Medicare Locals by the Abbott Government.

 

"I'm very worried about what this may mean to frontline services in the north.

 

Senator Jan McLucas says any cuts would jeopardise healthcare delivery in northern Queensland.

 

"The value of the Medical Locals model is that local people are making decisions about what sort of services that that sort of community needs," she said.

 

"We've got a range of services that are being delivered by our Medicare Local - mental health support, after-hours GP services, immunisation."

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/17/australian-ship-went-far-deeper-into-indonesian-waters-...

 

Australian ship went far deeper into Indonesian waters than disclosed

 

Guardian Australia exclusive: Nine-kilometre incursion into internal waters by customs vessel the Ocean Protector casts doubt on findings of review that investigated territorial breaches

 

An Australian customs ship entered far deeper into Indonesian waters than has previously been disclosed despite having digital navigational charts that displayed the correct boundaries of Indonesia’s territorial baselines, casting doubt on some of the findings of a review commissioned to investigate the incursions.

 

Paul Barratt, a former secretary of the Department of Defence, said that, assuming the navigational systems were operational at the time, it was difficult to comprehend how the captains of the vessels involved in the incursions were not aware they were entering Indonesian waters.

 

“Knowing how the Indonesian baselines are set out is navigation 101,” he said. “It should be marked on the maps, it should be in the systems, they should know.”


 

“The minister said they had taken great steps to make sure they had not violated Indonesian territory so you’d think they would go to some length to find out where that territory is.”

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@boris1gary wrote:

OMG, Australia's worst PM EVER.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGyc08otfYk


Isn't that an embarrassment?  To think that moron is actually running this country.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/20/disability-pension-for-under-35s-comes-under-coalition-...

 

Promises, promises....pffft

 

Minister for social services, Kevin Andrews, may renege on promise not to make retrospective changes to DSP

 

Andrews has repeatedly promised that a review of the welfare network would not include retrospective changes for people on the DSP.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-22/fears-for-sufferers-of-rare-genetic-disorder-as/5403096

 

Fears for sufferers of rare genetic disorder as funding dwindles

 

The MJD Foundation was established on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory in 2008 to support people with Machado Joseph Disease, a rare genetic disorder in which sufferers eventually become wheelchair bound and lose the ability to swallow food. The Federal Government has cancelled a $10 million grant to the Foundation and instead is providing it half a million dollars a year till the National Disability Insurance Scheme begins. But the foundation's worried the NDIS won't provide enough support to the growing number of MJD sufferers in the area.

 

 

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And now for some genuine background,  free from PPTSD symptoms:

 

"The foundation was going to invest the $10 million and use the returns to provide long-term funding, but the Government is offering half a million dollars a year to cover the loss of the grant.
NIGEL SCULLION, INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS MINISTER: In terms of the money that they receive, it is exactly the same..

 

A guaranteed 5% instead of  what would be a required secure investment return?,  I would  choose the 5%.

 

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Omg he just gets worse...and worse,,,

Monman what did you think of the video?
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