Gary Nairn - The Village Idiot

Listen to what Gary Nairn (Member for Eden Monaro) has to say. This is a marginal seat, so I urge you to send him a message.

merimbula.yourguide: "if they are capable of work they go on Unemployment Benefit; they do not go on Disability Support Pension,' Mr Nairn said."

Really Mr Nairn. That's actually not what the legislation either now or proposed says. Being able to work for ANY period of time, be it one hour, 10 hours or 20 hours doesn't make the disability go away. Remember, an able bodied person can work 50-80 hours per week with few ill effects. DSP is there to support people who cannot increase their work capacity to a normal level by job seeking efforts. It is higher than Newstart to compensate for the extra cost of living with a disability, not to mention the pain and suffering that you seem incapable of understanding.