A Duty of Care

As reported on Crickey

Yesterday The Guardian reported that, as part of its defence against a Federal Court class action relating to its illegal robodebt scheme, the government argued it had no duty of care to its victims under social security law.

A government insisting it has no duty of care to its citizens — and particularly those who require welfare assistance — confirms exactly the perception that the majority of voters have about a system of government that they believe has abandoned them.

The government literally doesn’t believe it has any responsibility to them — not even to the alleged “Quiet Australians” beloved of Coalition propagandists.

If this gov't doesn't care about the 'Quiet Australians', who does? Perhaps we should look to Boris Johnson, Xi Jinping, or Donald Trump?

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Parliamentarians only care about people as voters who will vote to keep them in office so they can line their pckets and rack up their years of service to get the lucrative super allowance they receive on retirement. Very few MP's see or plan beyond the next election and conservative governments believe in so called 'small' government ie pay as little as possible and keep the economy in such a manner that the rich grow richer and the poor are the fodder to make it happen.

Believe me, Morrison wishes the 'quiet' Australians would be quieter. Not that Labor would be much better. When in power they are always bickering with each other over polls and re-election issues.

Yes andromeda agree with what you say. But people that Labor is the 'next coming' are seriously deluded. Neither of them will ever stop bickering, that you ca  be sure of.

So what is the answer? I believe as a country we the voters have to swallow the pill and vote enough Independent in to gain the balance of power in the Senate. Even if they were no better, they could not possibly be worse!!!

We have one side who gave an appalling attitude to older Australians and what are fair benefits and treatment. Then the other who notoriously cannot add up one and one and get 2. Controlled by leftists and greenies which would be fatal for the country.

Time to bring back Kevin Rudd he does not like Murdock and is not frightened to tell him and he will look after all Australians not just the wealthy. The trouble with us aussies we dont know when we are on a good thing we swap him for one T Abbot says it all

Our system of government is broken but only those in power can chnge it. All the Western democracies are in trouble but our Australian system could, and should, be better but as long as parliamentarians are beholden to party donors for funding it never will improve.

Party politics as ruined the concept of democracy with unelected party heavyweights controlling elected representatives through the threat of disendoresement at the next election. Our MPs serve the party and not their constituemts too much of the time. 

politicians only have a duty of care to themselves and anyone over seas that needs help and can benefit them but the aussie people only have ourselves to blame , why should the polies change a system that works very well for them?? who is going to make them ?? not the aust people we cant be bothered. on going nationwide protests ,   either dont turn up on voting day , or leave the papers blank.  ( why do u think voting at elections is compulsory ?? the polies know if it wasnt no one would show up  and they wouldnt get back into thier over paid jobs with all the perks

I have allways said the person that gets my vote does not pass it on to another party, who would be in power now if that happend 

 

It doesn't matter how much we all complain about this side or other side of government they are all in IT for themselves. Maybe we will have to wait a few years until an election is on the agenda to see wether their attitudes change. I do not think Scomo will be leading things after the ordinary people have their say when the time comes.

 

When you have political parties that are totally uncontrolled by any legislation, and in effect, have carte blanche to do anything they like, why should you be so surprised by their arrogance and lack of responsibility or duty of care? Parliament is a club which sets its own rules and determines its own rewards. And we all pay for it. Australia is a democracy only in that we have a choice of who to elect to that club (and even that is carefully controlled). The government of the day makes all the legislation it can get away with, good and bad, and it is only the threat of not being re-elected that moderates its behaviour, and Robodebt is becoming one of those liablities.

There is no doubt that the governments do not care about Australians.  The Queensland government has signed a 100 year lease to sell something like 190million L water to the chinese so they can bottle and sell it, whilst the farms alongside it have no water at all!   What the hell is wrong with our governments, all they care about is money.  Already they have sold so much of Australia to the chinese.   Also there are sooooooo many Australians unemployed and yet you find soooooooooo many 457 visa workers all with employment in this country.   There is so much wrong with our governments that it is frightening to think what the future holds for the younger generation, let alone the aged.

Nothing will change untill people vote for the candidate & not like sheep for the political party.

 

The verminous Lieberal-NAZIonal COALition care only about the rich and big business. The have a 'duty of care' only to them and their scumbag mates.

 

We badly need a Govt which works for the Australian people. That rules out Liberal, Labor and Greens, as ALL have failed or have other vested interests.

The only option to get a Govt for the Australian people is to get someone like Trump - so what if he is a Billionaire, as long as that strength allows him to kick everyone else's arse! Just like he took on China! Unfortunately, the system of Govt is different here, unless an Independent / new Party emerges of that kind. Maybe that can happen only if we move to a Republic and a Presidential system where the President is elected directly by the people to run the country.

 

I think it is time to sell up and move on like i did 40yrs ago

Ha ha cupoftea,  where would you go the WHOLE world is run by scum bag idiots

Pauline Hanson has hit out at the government's new regional skilled migration visa because it allows immigrants to access welfare if they lose their job https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8067405/Pauline-Hanson-angry-regional-visa-lets-workers-use-welfare.html?ito=email_share_article-image-share 

 

The program forces workers to live in regional areas for at least three years before they are able to apply for permanent residency.

Getting migrant workers to live outside Australia's overcrowding cities is a longstanding problem the scheme is hoped to solve.

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