Coalition targets welfare 'bludgers'




A COALITION government will "break the cycle of idleness and habits of apathy" that can develop among those on welfare, according to leaked speaking notes provided to opposition MPs.

"The Coalition will renew the commitment to mutual obligation" and allow people to "give back" in return for assistance, making welfare "a disincentive to those who just want to bludge", the 135-page "Coalition Speaker's Notes" say.

Opposition MPs have also been told to reassure constituents the Coalition believes there is "workplace relations fatigue" in the community, and its approach in government would be problem-solving and pragmatic, not ideological.

The notes propose this response when MPs are asked: "You are on the record attacking Labor's workplace laws. How can we trust you when you say that you now support the Fair Work Act?"

Covering all policy areas and dated July 1, the notes have been published on the Crikey website.

They suggest that MPs say the main industrial relations problems are with militancy, lack of flexibility and inadequate productivity trade-offs.

Among the lines on IR are that "we have well and truly absorbed the lessons of the Coalition's 2007 defeat, as well as the different lessons of the current government's failures.

"We will seek a mandate for any changes to the Fair Work Act at the 2013 election ... The Coalition will always work with the independent umpire, Fair Work Australia."

When asked "are we worried about increased wage outcomes, particularly in the building sector?", the suggested answer is: "The larger concern is that big wage rises seem to come with no trade-off for increased productivity."

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been anxious to take a middle course on workplace relations to minimise Labor's scope for a fear campaign, despite a more gung-ho approach by some in his party.

MPs are being given heavy ammunition against the Greens.

The Greens "believe in legalising same-sex marriages ... in reintroduction of voluntary euthanasia laws  in the NT and ACT ... support holding a plebiscite for an Australian republic ... will legalise the use of cannabis for specified medical purposes".


http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/coalition-targets-welfare...


Have the Loser Libs just discovered the internet ... and so just discovered the policies of the Growing Greens.

MOTR wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:05am:




So it's a referendum for "   " (fill in after the election, if we win.


So a vote for Libs is a vote for Workchoices, Nuclear Reactors in everyone's backyard, Mining National Parks, Persecution People on Welfare etc etc (Standard Hard Right Stuff)

and the deportation of all asyslum seekers and the mandatory imprisonment of all dole bludgers.  there goes you and IMFULLOFIT

____ wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:21am:

It is easy to figure out. Whatever is taken to an election can be said to have be mandated by the people who voted for it.

progressiveslol wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 9:40am:




Does this mean both versions on every topic.

i.e
Yes we support agriculture // Yes we support coal seam gas

____ wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 9:53am:

Comes back to not being able to please everyone. There is always going to be overlap.

Still comes back to the simple fact that if it has been spoken about at an election, it can be called a mandate. If you dont like what they are talking about, then dont vote for them, but it doesn't stop the mandate unless they lose.

longweekend58 wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 10:18am:

I agree, but pollies are not ethical. They will say "we had a mandate to do it" whether its true or you agree. Mandates are not nominated, so are subject to change.

____ wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 12:31pm:


lets get rid of preferential voting - including the senate. then the greens are history. you MIGHT win one senate seat in Tas and nothing anywhere else.