Outrageous! Do we not exist? Do we not matter? Turnbulls reshuffle of his cabinet now sees Australia without a minister representing Australian disabled people. You can spit the dummy about it here.
Dear Prime Minister,
Congratulations on your recent ascension.
One of your first moves as Prime Minister, was to reshuffle the Cabinet. There was much talk about the big winners. But, the big loser of this reshuffle was clear. The individuals that lost out were not demoted ministers, they were Australian’s with disabilities.
Your choice not to appoint a Minister for Disability, leaves Australians with a disability, without a voice in Cabinet.
We find this decision impossible to stomach, as do the undersigned.
Prime Minister, reverse your decision, and give Australians with disabilities a representative in your Cabinet.
What can I say? They want their religion in all publicly elected representatives. There's a word for that. It's called the Taliban. The fact that it's christianity makes no difference. BTW the Family Research Council is a recognised hate group against the LGBT. The award is called the "Cost of Discipleship" award. Lot's of creative imagination gone into that :s
Got a call from the police yesterday to tell us what the outcome was for court on Monday. Both David and I left after my testimony to avoid seeing any more of psycho nephew. This was the final court appearance for the bashing that he gave David on new years.
The Lawyer of psycho managed to create just enough doubt around the stomping as for it not to be proven beyond doubt. That was pretty much all the good news for psycho however.
He was found guilty of the assault to the point of causing grievous bodily harm. "Heavily" fined for it and given a two year good behaviour bond. The magistrate was very close to jailing him. Also a two year Apprehended Violence Order against him with David.
The good behaviour bond is more serious than it sounds. It means he can't put a foot out of line for two years. If he does he can find himself back in court and be re-sentenced on the original assault charge; in other words be sent to jail.
It's been a long nine months. Now I'm free to get the help I need from my psychologist in regards to the bashing. We feel vindicated now of the serious nature of the assault. To think psycho's brother wanted me to "sort this out nicely"! Like getting bashed like that was just run of the mill life sort of thing. To think my brother lied, made excuses, and said David "deserved it". Talk about showing their true colours. I guess I'm glad we found out early and not down the track.
There is also the victims compensation for David in the pipeline, whatever the magistrate has deemed the appropriate amount, paid to David in due course by the NSW gov and then they go after psycho for the amount paid. He doesn't know anything about that yet :)
I'm also considering contacting the dept of immigration about the possibility of getting him deported back to New Zealand on character grounds. He's not an Australian citizen, and the story goes that he came here to escape debt in NZ.
Other than that I'll be talking to my sister here in Sydney about my brother and what an asshole he is. Until now nobody has suspected he would be capable of such behaviour.
Hilarious. Apparently the Pope isn't infallible. Especially if you're on Faux News. Watch as they categorise climate change as a "hard left" issue and actually proclaim that 70% of South America is all warm and fuzzy about the US. FFS!
Oh spare me. You want equality then pull the bloody woman card when it all gets too rough? You should have performed better bitch. How dare you assume that your performance would have been interpreted differently if you were a bloke! What an insult to blokes!
Despite the airtime he's been given in the US, Perkins is nothing more than a hate leader spouting lies and more lies about the LGBT. However he became a media darling to conservative outlets, he's a fringe dweller not representative of mainstream christianity let alone mainstream US.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott's own department discussed setting up an investigation into the Bureau of Meteorology amid media claims it was exaggerating estimates of global warming,
Freedom of Information documents have revealed.
In August and September 2014, The Australian newspaper published reports questioning the Bureau of Meteorology's (BoM) methodology for analysing temperatures, reporting claims BoM was "wilfully ignoring evidence that contradicts its own propaganda".
With seven of Australia's 10 warmest years on record being in the last 13 years and warnings climate change will bring disastrous impacts for Australia, the accuracy and integrity of temperature information is crucial.
The BoM strongly rejected assertions it was altering climate records to exaggerate estimates of global warming. more
Angela Jamieson is the national manager of compliance at AUSTRAC, which monitors the flow of money into and out of the country, flagging suspicious transactions and financial activity.
"Of the information identified from this monitoring of reported financial transactions, none of these have been assessed as related to funding of terrorism with regard to halal certification fees," Ms Jamieson said.
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The Australian Crime Commission gave similar evidence to the inquiry.
"We have found links between money laundering, terrorism and serious and organised crime but we haven't found any direct links between halal certification and the funding of terrorism," said Hamish Hansford, the ACC's national manager of strategic intelligence and strategy.
"Since this issue has been highlighted in the press, we've been on a heightened lookout for any links between halal certification in our intelligence holdings and to date we have not found any direct linkages." more
What a complete waste of taxpayer's money and senate time this inquiry is. One would hope that the culling of Abbott and Co from the Lieberals would encourage a more moderate tone than to demonise Australian Muslims.
Didn't someone in the Turnbull gov think before going forward with this? Like oh yeah, this was how crazy it was under Abbott, better just bury this one. Abbott's thought police are no more.
First dog channels the Australian consciousness once again, and says it all with a single cartoon. This is exactly how we're all feeling down under.
As an Australian too, I'd like to apologise to the world for the two years of Tony Abbott that was inflicted upon it. Alas, it was much worse for us at home here.
OMG! He's SSJoe mark 2! We're going broke! Fuck the welfare recipients! What about making the corporations pay fuckin tax then? What a blithering idiot. Hopeless. Fucked in the head. He wants austerity to kill us all! Take all the money out of the economy and let the poor eat cake.
It's worth noting that this turncoat is the only Abbott minister that has been promoted.
Needed something to balance out the last fucked up 24 hours: After 3 weeks and 2 days (when the blood was taken week and a half ago) the HI...
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After 30 years of very physical full time work in the printing industry our print dept was outsourced and we all lost our jobs. As I'd gotten HIV beforehand and was having trouble attending and doing work I discussed with my HIV doctor whether I should apply for the Australian Disability Support Pension. He agreed,and I became a DSP pensioner under the new Gillard rules of adherence that now sees 75% of DSP applicants rejected.
Have been diagnosed with PTSD, severe depression, chronic kidney failure, and of course HIV. I'd become suicidal in 2009 after 3 extreme life events in a row; My best friend killed herself in the US (I don't make friends easily BTW), my teenage/young adult daughter had me charged by the police with a minor problem, and I was diagnosed with HIV. All in three weeks.
Some say god won't give you more than you can bear, my reply is "Well what happened to me?" If not for the HIV support here in Australia and me being able to have access to it I'd likely be dead by now. Unbearable pain often causes suicide, no matter physical or mental.
Today I've not worked since being made redundant. I remain with episodes of depression and panic attacks, sometimes severe. I may be fine and happy to leave the house, at times I'm paralised in bed, secure and safe and not willing to face the world.
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