If you dont want to do something start an enquiry that will continue until someone else is in charge

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ScoMo will wait till the BUDGET shows a surplus and then he will act to attack fraudulent WELFARE.

juliar wrote on Oct 7^th, 2019 at 10:19am:


You mean corporate welfare as in negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts ? How many billions of uncollected tax does that cost the economy each year ?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/11/newstart-recipient-has-pa...

Penalised for speaking at the inquiry

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whiteknight wrote on Oct 6^th, 2019 at 7:23am:


If they're stupid enough to give dole bludgers $370 per week I might quit my job and spend summer sitting on the beach drinking beer.

The Dole was never meant to be a lifestyle choice if you want more money get a job

juliar wrote on Oct 7^th, 2019 at 10:19am:

...................3019 - GuvCoAus (Austrochine) announces a rise in unemployment benefits to $279 a week.... Kommissar for Unemployment says a bowl of rice a week is a generous payment from a caring government but warns that a bowl of rice weekly should not be considered a lifestyle choice.. all must work for the greater good ............. In other news.... Kommissar salaries are tipped to rise to $1Bn pa following the latest review by independent commission.. the commission is citing extreme hardship and costs of living for Kommissars.......the People's Historical Archive Society has uncovered original film of a Mrs Morrison and her fabulous dancing bear who spoke in tongues......<...<...<...<

Baronvonrort wrote on Oct 13^th, 2019 at 9:50am:


You would have to live on the beach because where are you going to rent for that?

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Lee King wrote on Oct 13^th, 2019 at 2:43pm:


I doubt you can get dsp for a weight problem. The weight may be from whatever illness or disability they have.

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Lee King wrote on Oct 13^th, 2019 at 3:07pm:


I have to call bs. You can't get dsp for  weight problems

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Valkie wrote on Oct 14^th, 2019 at 5:01am:


What is your point? If what you say is true then they are a minority.

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Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Oct 14^th, 2019 at 5:35am:


Sounds like he's jealous.

‘You are nothing’: Reality of life on $40 a day   



news.com.au October 12, 2019

The Morrison government has defended the Newstart allowance amid criticism it’s too low. But those forced to live on it tell a different story.

People on the dole are made to feel like they’re nothing, senators examining Newstart payments have heard.

Mark, who was only identified by his first name, told the committee on Friday the welfare system operated “to deter or to destroy but certainly not help”.

Mark said his background as an award-winning journalist was not recognised when he went on Newstart five years ago.

“Once you get caught up in the system … you’re reminded very, very quickly how much your own background and professional history mean nothing,” he said.

Mark said he was pushed onto welfare after a traumatic break-up.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied the Newstart allowance is too low. Picture: AP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied the Newstart allowance is too low. Picture: APSource:AP

“I counted the days waiting (for payment) and that’s what you do on Newstart,” Mark said. There has been widespread pressure for a raise to the $40-a-day dole, which has barely budged in real terms for a quarter of a century.   

The Australian Council of Social Service told the committee a boost to the payment would see a boost to the economy.

Chief executive Cassandra Goldie said she knew the politicians on the committee had come to parliament to do good things, and raising welfare payments would be one of the effective ways to fix national poverty rates.

“This is the best good thing you could do,” Dr Goldie said.

Foodbank Australia said people in cashless welfare card trial sites were having difficulty accessing food in an “affordable and routine way”.

Professional services giant KPMG has called for Newstart to rise from $277.85 per week for a single person to $370 per week, which would move it up to half the national minimum wage. “It’s a balance between making sure that you’ve got a level which satisfies material wellbeing and psychological wellbeing, and ensuring that you don’t have a disincentive to work,” KPMG’s Grant Wardell-Johnson told the committee.


Grant Wardell-Johnson from professional services giant KPMG, who has called for Newstart to rise from $277.85 per week for a single person to $370. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

He said an inadequate welfare safety net enhanced people’s fear about innovation, technology and their jobs.

KPMG has favoured increasing Newstart since 2016.

Mr Wardell-Johnson said he had been shocked to learn that about half the people on Newstart are aged over 45. A friend of his was made redundant at the age of 55 after a long career in industry training.

“She went to more than 100 interviews before she got a job,” he told senators.

“That’s quite different from the image of the lazy 30-year-old or so, which I think is very much a misunderstanding of people on Newstart.”

The Morrison government has rejected calls to raise Newstart, with a multi- agency submission to the hearing saying the government’s focus was on strengthening the budget.   

juliar wrote on Oct 14^th, 2019 at 12:02pm:


They have been many times, but not by me.

They get hounded by the authorities and they just lock up and go on a holiday.
Then when they get back they start all over again.

They have found the way to beat the system.

juliar wrote on Oct 16^th, 2019 at 4:40pm:


you mean your smart bludging mates in canberra who spend other peoples money ??

juliar wrote on Oct 15^th, 2019 at 11:31am:


and you're on Nostart socko !! LOL

Aye, McCrarey - but when will it end?

BlackDay is really worried about his Newstart being increased.

Is Bammy thinking of abandoning the Chinese Labor Party after his HERO Shady Shorten betrayed him ?

juliar wrote on Oct 17^th, 2019 at 4:48pm:


It's called Socialism. You should try it.

juliar wrote on Oct 18^th, 2019 at 11:08am:


Those who say they are socialist actually are social democrats of the Bernstein persuasion.