poor old Austranger, hes probably hunched over his PC with his bottom lip quivering. Heres the man who was telling us how tough he was by facing up to cage fighters and the scum of society in real life , fighting off bandits and knife wielding assassins (and winning). I  must be a scary internet dude because hes now scared of me. Lol, big Lol.

ian wrote on May 12^th, 2014 at 11:30pm:


You keep believing your own publicity... Every time you look in the mirror wondering why you're so lonely.

I bet you don't have haemorrhoids either.... You're a perfect a#!*.

I have never been on any govt pension or allowance myself but know of 2 in my extended family who are on the disability pension and both are very genuine.
Both had to jump through quite a few hoops to qualify.
The first (a brother in law) was in a car accident where he sustained brain damage as well as physical injuries which mean he can't talk or walk properly.
The second, my brother, only went on this pension a few weeks ago because he has terminal lung/brain/liver cancer. Unless you know someone who has cancer or who has undergone radiation/chemo, you may not realise how frail they are, walking and talking are difficult, and with brain tumours, they affect things such as balance and co-ordination. My brother has trouble even with a knife and fork these days and 5 minutes on his feet exhausts him,
There is no way he could work.

So there are a lot of genuine cases out there, but I would have no objection to the govt tightening up the qualifications so that only people with serious ailments were on it. And there would be no harm in people having to face regular re-assessment, if their condition is one that can improve.

ian wrote on May 13^th, 2014 at 12:13am:


Ha ha - was talking with the C'Link lass the other day about whether to stay on Disability or go on Aged etc.. she said a good reason to go on Aged was that The Guv (touch/tug forelock) was changing the way of determining disability payments and Aged was easier.... and had no reviews.

Been there, done that, and the reviews are worth nothing.... if you are a genuine case.

So this cuts both ways - this is the usual scare campaign to terrorise people who have little to live on; and it is overblown - as usual - to achieve that scare level.  It's called 'terrorism' - read up on the way that runs by intimidating a large number by attacking a small number.

Also I read somewhere that the idea was to try to re-train etc younger people on disability... not such a bad idea IF they are not persecuted as well when there are no jobs.

Now - about linking any politician rises to the same level of calculation as pensions and wages again..... retrospective  to say 1984?   Easy figures to do.....take five minutes to work out and no time at all to send them all an overpayment notice - recoup through tax system or asset grab using the sheriff.

To quote a Vanstone - if they are unable to pay their overpaid salary/perks debt, they'll just have to sell their homes!

Now ask me again why an idiot who said that about pensioners and Centrelink should be paid out of my taxes to sit on her fat asset on a worthless 'commission of audit' that achieved not one good thing....

There is definitely something in the water in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and probably everywhere else here in Oz - you only need to look at the clown show that people keep electing to fat office and what those people do and say when in and out of office.... and some people love them!!!

Bobby. wrote on May 12^th, 2014 at 7:18am:


Notice how our friend master Light is always on the money?

ian wrote on May 12^th, 2014 at 11:07pm:



It's nothing of the kind.

If you are eligible for (in other words, entitled to) something, it's an entitlement.

No matter how much you wish it otherwise.

Lord Herbert wrote on May 13^th, 2014 at 7:46am:


I'm sure he does.

Bobby. wrote on May 12^th, 2014 at 10:30pm:


Correct.

What goes around, comes around.

Then, it was our duty to finance the needs of the Welfare Benefits Teat Sucklings ~ and now that we ourselves have gown old and infirm and have become sucklings of these very same taxation-funded tits, it's our turn to be carried aloft in comfort by the litter-bearers of the tax-paying employed.