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July 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“Queenslanders have got the lowest level of support in the country for people with disabilities right now” … Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan. Photo: AFP
THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has accused the Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, of being ”callous and cold hearted” about people with disabilities, in an attempt to pressure him into supporting the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
The decision by NSW and Victoria to offer funding for the trials also provides a much needed win for the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who left for a north Queensland holiday this weekend.
Mr Newman has been left isolated in his opposition to the scheme after NSW and Victoria backed down on Friday and agreed to provide funding for trials of the scheme.
”Queenslanders have got the lowest levels of support in the country for people with disabilities right now,” Mr Swan said yesterday.
”It’s really, really disappointing to see what Mr Newman and his government have been doing in this area. They’re playing with people’s lives, they ought to get serious.”
After a two-day stalemate, the NSW government agreed to spend an additional $35 million to fund a trial of 10,000 people in the Hunter region.
The offer was half the $70 million the Commonwealth had requested.
The Premier, Barry O’Farrell, said the deal showed NSW was willing to back the scheme.
”We have demonstrated goodwill and shown that we are prepared to compromise,” he said. ”NSW has come halfway. We are determined to get the NDIS up but we are are concerned about the long-term funding.”
Victoria also agreed to a trial of the scheme, which would provide lifelong support to permanently disabled people and has been touted by the federal government as a reform on the same scale as Medicare.
NSW and Victoria now join South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT in testing the scheme.
The Western Australia Premier, Colin Barnett, wrote to the Prime Minister on Friday to express in-principle support for the scheme.
Mr Newman was unavailable for comment as he was “busy all day” but a spokesman said, ”We support the NDIS but we simply can’t afford to pay for it.
“We have made it clear all along we support the idea, but because of Labor’s debt, which is heading towards $100 billion, we don’t have the money to pay for it.”
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