The Epoch Times | Welfare Groups Question Federal Government’s Reforms

“We have said all along, and will continue to say, that if the nature of your disability is such that you cannot support yourself through work, then the Disability Support Pension will be there for you...[But] the community, including those with disabilities themselves, has a low level of tolerance for people who exaggerate the impact of their injury or illness and try and get onto the pension as the easy option.”

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Dutton says that 15 hours per week of work is sufficient to support yourself. I'd like to see him try. If you can work 15 hours per week, but can't compete in the job market, then you will be plunged onto Newstart, not DSP. The DSP is NOT available to those unable to support themselves.

Welfare to Work Forum

A Disability & Participation Alliance Forum
“Welfare to Work” & Disability

An opportunity to consult with

Senator Penny Wong
Shadow Minister for Employment
and Workplace Participation

When: 4-6pm
23 August 2005

Where: Uniting Church Meeting Room
Ground Floor
130 Little Collins St
Melbourne

RSVP by Wednesday 17 August 2005
Telephone: 03 9662 3324
TTY: 03 9662 3325
Email: collette.oneill@afdo.org.au

Please indicate any disability related needs, eg, need for a sign interpreter. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

The Australian: Decline in men on disability pension [July 19, 2005]

Howard tells more porkies

David Uren, Economics correspondent
July 19, 2005

THE number of men claiming disability pensions has stopped growing for the first time in 20 years, but this has been offset by a surge in the number of claims from older women.

Research by the federal parliamentary library disproves a widely held belief that the meteoric growth in disability pensions has been driven by older men dropping out of the workforce before they were eligible for the old age pension.

The portion of men aged 60 to 64 on the disability pension has dropped from 25.3 to 21.5 per cent over the past seven years, while the number of men aged 50 to 59 on the disability pension has fallen from 11.5 to 10.2 per cent."

Comment

Just goes to show that the government's comments about DSP are fiction. And why are there more women? Probably because as women have entered the work force, they experience the poor conditions, and unhealthy demands pushed by a "productivity culture".