Do you have a link or source that confirms this - or is it just the vibe of the thing .... man
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Clearly that bar is hilariously low.
How fair is Australia’s welfare state? • Inside Story
Australia redistributes more to the poorest fifth of the population than virtually any other OECD country, writes Peter Whiteford
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Our system has been pretty damn efficient for a while.
Those stats are measured around 07-09How fair is Australia’s welfare state? • Inside Story
Australia redistributes more to the poorest fifth of the population than virtually any other OECD country, writes Peter Whiteford
Our system has been pretty damn efficient for a while.
ie before the liberals got into power and slashed the guts out of it.
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Really?
you werent aware that the liberals had slashed welfare spending
yet you link an article from before they were In power to say how generous our welfare system is?
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Welfare spending goes up every year. Its the biggest drain on the budget. Its no wonder they try and make cuts where they can.
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And pensioners are the biggest part of the welfare budget. Have fun telling them they're a drain on the economy. They lap that shit up
And pensioners are the biggest part of the welfare budget. Have fun telling them they're a drain on the economy. They lap that shit up
That wasn't what he was responding too.
He was responding that assertion that due to budget cuts our welfare system is no longer one of the best in the world.
He quite rightly points out that our welfare bill goes up every year which is the opposite of budgets cuts.
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The population grows every year though, so duh. You can still have cuts and have the overall number go up.
So has it on a per capita base gone down?
I linked a credible source on the quality of Australia's welfare system. All I have gotten in reply is rhetoric and evasion.
What exactly is the point you are arguing?
Hmm..
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned the state's tough coronavirus social-distancing restrictions will stay "until a vaccine is found", after Australia's death toll climbed to 46.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned the state's tough coronavirus social-distancing restrictions will stay "until a vaccine is found", after Australia's death toll climbed to 46.
NSW Premier says coronavirus social distancing to stay 'until vaccine is found'
NSW Health confirms 49 new coronavirus infections and two deaths, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns social distancing will stay in the state "until a vaccine is found".
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Hmm..
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned the state's tough coronavirus social-distancing restrictions will stay "until a vaccine is found", after Australia's death toll climbed to 46.
NSW Premier says coronavirus social distancing to stay 'until vaccine is found'
NSW Health confirms 49 new coronavirus infections and two deaths, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns social distancing will stay in the state "until a vaccine is found".
Obviously an over the top reaction because of the Ruby Princess.
Good luck with that NSW.
You mean like -
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity..??
Im leaning more towards malice
of course the vaccine won’t be mandatory
but failure to have one will be the equivalent to “no jab no play“
no work, no socialising, no exercise and no pay
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“No jab no play”
An open letter to Scott Morrison and conflicts of interest....
Murdoch media/News Corp has a serious conflict of interest with its influential No Jab, No Play vaccination media campaign in that Murdoch media groups News Corp and Foxtel are corporate partners of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, an organisation which is involved in vaccine research.[2] The Murdoch Children's Research Institute's website notes that its Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group (VIRGo) "provides evidence to shape Government policy regarding best use of vaccines in national schedules".[3]
Mr Morrison, I would appreciate your response to the following questions:
During your private lunch with Mr Rupert Murdoch in 2015, or at any other time, did you discuss Australia's vaccination policy with Mr Murdoch, e.g. the No Jab, No Pay bill which was raised in response to the Murdoch media/News Corp's No Jab, No Play media campaign for coercive vaccination?[5] (The No Jab, No Pay bill was enacted as Federal law in January 2016, and subsequently various State No Jab, No Play laws.)
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As for Hydroxychloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine manufactured by apotex
The founder of Apotex, Barry Sherman and his wife were murdered in 2017 and the murder is unsolved -
Barry Sherman was the chairman of Apotex Inc., a privately held generic drug company that he founded in the mid-1970s
Hydroxychloroquine manufactured by apotex
The founder of Apotex, Barry Sherman and his wife were murdered in 2017 and the murder is unsolved -
Barry Sherman was the chairman of Apotex Inc., a privately held generic drug company that he founded in the mid-1970s
OK I'll bite.
Are you serious?
I don't know where you got this rubbish, but jeez Biggie, can we block this sort of sh**?
You have a choice of something that is an anti-malarial and may (unlikely) or may not (likely) do a little for a few people and you get excited? When the next best (and very close %) options are...
antibiotics (on a virus ffs?),
nothing,
panadol.
If nothing, antibiotics (nothing) and panadol (nothing) are as good (within statistical norms) as your anti-malarials, then you got nothin'.
Get real. This is on the line of burn down the 5-G towers because it causes C-19.
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Do you ever yearn to take a break from being 100% serious all the time?
But fine. Here's a breakdown of our welfare spending:
There's been a recent rise in welfare spending due to the introduction of the NDIS and the governments childcare package, though here's the paragraph on sustainability:
Also you linked an article comparing Australia's welfare system with the rest of the world to say that it's good. Just because everyone else is rubbish doesn't make the least worst good (and besides...your article mentioned Denmark spend 80% more than we do).
Now my specific beef with our welfare system is that unemployment benefits aren't enough to get you above the poverty line unless you qualify for every extra support payment in which case you eke fractionally above it. Our economic system requires roughly 5% unemployment, but unemployed people are always targeted as slackers despite the largest group of long term unemployed being aged 55-64 (see below
If history is any guide, you'll pick one point out of this post and argue hard while ignoring the rest, while I'll get bored and wander off.
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How does chloroquine work? Same way as it does for malaria. You see, malaria is this little parasite that enters the red blood cells and starts eating hemoglobin as its food source. The reason chloroquine works for malaria is the same reason it works for COVID-19 — while not fully understood, it is suspected to bind to DNA and interfere with the ability to work magic on hemoglobin. The same mechanism that stops malaria from getting its hands on hemoglobin and gobbling it up seems to do the same to COVID-19 (essentially little snippets of DNA in an envelope) from binding to it. On top of that, Hydroxychloroquine (an advanced descendant of regular old chloroquine) lowers the pH which can interfere with the replication of the virus. Again, while the full details are not known, the entire premise of this potentially 'game changing' treatment is to prevent hemoglobin from being interfered with, whether due to malaria or COVID-19.
I’d suggest the “sh**” is in between your ears
Seriously
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NIH clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, a potential therapy for COVID-19, begins
Study is enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19.
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It's not a treatment for COVID-19. It's something that has just started being tested in clinical trials to see if it is effective and safe.
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Tony abbott became prime minister in 2013 - and the liberals have been in power ever since - so it would be instructive if you could get the same graphs from that period
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Alternatively, if you are going to claim that "the liberals got into power and slashed the guts out of it" you could support said claim.
I'm aware when Abbott was PM, and I'm also aware that Labor were in power from 2007-2013 having been in opposition 1996-2007. Outside of 2008/09 with a spike in expenditure due to GFC measures welfare has steadily trended upward over time.
Here are the last 5 financial years:
Our welfare system is far from perfect and far too much money goes to those who don't need it ahead of those that do, but people like making silly claims.
Alternatively, if you are going to claim that "the liberals got into power and slashed the guts out of it" you could support said claim.
I'm aware when Abbott was PM, and I'm also aware that Labor were in power from 2007-2013 having been in opposition 1996-2007. Outside of 2008/09 with a spike in expenditure due to GFC measures welfare has steadily trended upward over time.
Here are the last 5 financial years:
Our welfare system is far from perfect and far too much money goes to those who don't need it ahead of those that do, but people like making silly claims.
The government has produced a new savings measure worth $1.2bn over four years achieved by broadening the criteria for waiting periods for newly arrived migrants before they can access welfare payments.
From July 2018, the current two-year waiting period for family payments, including family tax benefit, paid parental leave and carers allowance, will be extended to three years.
The government will save $400m by withholding lump sum payments under family tax benefits for people with outstanding social security, student assistance, or paid parental leave debts from December 2018.
The government will also save $1bn over four years by tightening payments to family day care services as it transitions to the New Child Care Package that will begin on 2 July 2018.
Source: https://amp.theguardian.com/austral...s-to-welfare-universities-and-family-payments
The Senate has passed a suite of welfare cuts the Coaltion says are needed to fund its childcare reforms, after a fiery debate that lasted until just after midnight on Wednesday evening.
The main savings measure is a two-year freeze on the indexation of the Family Tax Benefit - meaning the payment will no longer increase to keep pace with inflation.
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The government estimates that freeze will save around $2 billion over the next four years.
While most crossbench senators voted with the government, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie was vehemently opposed to the cuts.
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"You are taking money off [FTB recipients], I don’t give a stuff which way you look at it," she said.
"While milk goes up and while bread goes up, you are freezing [the rate]. That is what’s going on. That is the truth. So please don’t spin it."
She joined with Labor and the Greens in opposing the bill.
The motion was passed 34 votes to 31 after the government secured the support of One Nation and Nick Xenophon's three senators, along with independents Derryn Hinch, David Leyonhjelm and Cory Bernardi.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the freeze would mean single-income households on about $60,000 with two primary school-aged children would lose up to $440 over the next two years, compared to what they would have received under the current law.
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Welfare cuts sail through Senate as key crossbenchers side with Coalition
Labor has accused Pauline Hanson of betraying the "battlers" of Australia, as she joins with several other crossbenchers to pass government cuts to the Family Tax Benefit through the Senate.
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