Australia - "Rule change leads to plunge in disability pension claims"

[Sean]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-...o-plunge-in-disability-pension-claims/7538070

 

[Richard7]

It does not really suprise me, scares me yes, but it is what happens with changes in government.

I knew someone who worked at certrelink when word came down to change from looking at every applicant to find a way to deny them a benefit to looking at every applicant to work out what benefit they were entitled to.

Even when the official policies and regulations do not change changes at the top can have a major impact on people dependent on these agencies.

 

[AndyPandy]

 

[Richard7]

Oh, and there is an election around the corner ...

 

[alex3619]

Oh, and there is an election around the corner ...

Eight days from now?

 

[Sean]

Nearly 7 now.

 

[Snow Leopard]

Ugh. I hope this doesn't lead to the loss of lives of spoonies!

 

[Esther12]

Sorry Australians... this looks like contagion from the UK.

 

[Snow Leopard]

Sorry Australians... this looks like contagion from the UK.

United Kingdom, but for how much longer.

 

[Esther12]

United Kingdom, but for how much longer.

This is the start of a bright new future... you'll see... pretty soon we'll have you lot begging for the mother parliament to take control of your foreign affairs again.

 

[Snow Leopard]

This is the start of a bright new future... you'll see... pretty soon we'll have you lot begging for the mother parliament to take control of your foreign affairs again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicanism_in_Australia

 

[Esther12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicanism_in_Australia

You've not managed it yet... and now we've got new magic babies to show you. Would you vote against a magic baby?

 

[Snow Leopard]

You've not managed it yet... and now we've got new magic babies to show you. Would you vote against a magic baby?

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber

 

[Esther12]

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber

During Trump's presidential campaign?

 

[Snow Leopard]

During Trump's presidential campaign?

Did you see those red golf balls?

 

[Sean]

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber

Aussies lost that right too, after we elected Tony Abbott.

 

[Woolie]

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber

Oh, this is so funny!

....Across the United Kingdom on Friday, Britons mourned their long-cherished right to claim that Americans were significantly dumber than they are.

Luxuriating in the superiority of their intellect over Americans’ has long been a favorite pastime in Britain, surpassing in popularity such games as cricket, darts, and snooker.

.... In the face of this startling display of national idiocy, Dorrinson still mustered some of the resilience for which the British people are known. “This is a dark day,” he said. “But I hold out hope that, come November, Americans could become dumber than us once more.”