"its not about the savings"

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Here we go " pull the other one" Kevin Andrews is now saying the DSP crackdown isn't about saving the government money his doing it for our own good. But he forgot to use the Liberals favourite phrase " Tough Love" l was expecting him to say that but he left it out. He announces it over Christmas like his bloody Scrooge from a Christmas Carol.
www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/reform-of-dsp-not-about-savings-and-will-cost-us-in-short-term-says-kevin-andrews/story-fn59niix-1226788504784#

[Banjo]

A BLOWOUT in the dole queue will force the Abbott government to target family payments as it cuts the nation's $132 billion welfare bill.

The number of Australians on the dole has jumped 20 per cent in a year, to reach 800,587 in October, the latest official data reveals.

The global financial crisis has tipped an extra 307,829 Australians onto the dole queue since May 2008.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he was prepared to "negotiate'' changes to his $5.5 billion a year parental leave scheme, due to start in 2015.

The scheme would give new mothers six months' leave on full pay if they earn up to $150,000 a year.

But the Greens want to cap the scheme at a $100,000 salary.

Mr Abbott opened the door to compromise yesterday, saying the scheme "obviously has to get through the Parliament and that may well involve some negotiation''.

He said he was "absolutely committed'' to the disability scheme, but wanted to learn from trials of the program to make it "fair and generous and appropriately targeted''.

m.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/economy/dole-blowout-to-force-government-to-target-family-payments/story-fnkjjoum-1226786138630

Looks like another election promise bites the dust.

[Banjo]

Reform of DSP not about savings and will cost us in short term, says Kevin Andrews

SOCIAL Services Minister Kevin Andrews says his proposed crackdown on the monolithic Disability Support Pension isn't the result of a quest for savings and noted it would cost the government money in the short term.

His mooted changes would see more people younger than 40 checked to see whether they could work and temporary payments for potentially impermanent conditions to prevent the number of those in the system from ballooning to one million.

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