Foxy: Are they talking about recreational drugs only?

Illegal Drugs or drugs not prescribed on prescription.

Foxy: If drugs are found do the people lose their payments immediately?

Sounds like a good idea.

Foxy: How are they meant to live in the meantime?

Same way they did when the spent their Dole money on drugs.

Will alternative programs be provided, such as getting them off the drugs?

An offer should be made. If the offer is rejected then, No Dole.

Foxy: And how will they judge what sort of drugs are ok?

If they have a prescription from a Doctor then the drug is legal. Isn't it?

Foxy: Do people with prescribed medications count?

Of course not. Duh!

Well, that was easy eh! Any more questions Foxy? CDF.

Foxy, it's already been 100% rejected by the Minister.

It's a stupid thought bubble by some crazy rightie that was never going to go anywhere.

Individual wrote (probably under the influence of drugs), "For young and unemployed people we need a national service. Problem solved". Ha ha ha ha ha.... individual's solution is to create massive extra red tape, create more taxes to pay for national service. But as the government solemnly claim they are for "less" tax I guess we'll have to then borrow more money to finance the *HUGE* cost of this and thus send our country into further debt.

Gee individual would make a great *LABOR* PM. His policies seem to be *IDENTICAL*. Wow. Problem solved.

Dear Nhoj,

Thanks for that.

Much appreciated.

Dear Jayb,

Nice to see you posting again.
Love your dry sense of humour and wit.

This silly suggestion of drug testing before getting centrelink payments is definitely going too far.
What if the welfare payments were going to people with kids?
Are we going to cut the payments for them as well? How will the kids eat?

To be fair, should we drug test ALL people on welfare payments , including disability and old age pensions?

We should surely test them for alcohol and tobacco use as well, as these are unnecessary, unhealthy expenses for those on welfare too?

If we did take away drug users welfare payments, then they would surely look at crime to make ends meet...

Nhoj,
If you're aspiring to be a perfect moron you have achieved your goal & you can relax now. Which Uni gave you a Degree for your thesis ?

Ahhh, all individual has in response is personal abuse. Cool.

Suseonline, well if we're going to drug test welfare recipients, that means we'll have to drug test Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer who both get *MASSIVE* corporate welfare, and let's not forget Tony Abbott's lovely little daughter with her "special" welfare payment ..... oops I mean scholarship. Yep, let's drug test ALL welfare recipients, that means the HUGE percentage of Aussies on middle class welfare, retirees like Rehctub who get all those welfare tax breaks on superannuation (I really hope Rehctub isn't on speed), and let's not forget the politicians who receive all "their" welfare, oops I mean superannuation, en masse when they retire. The list of course goes on and on and on and on. If you include children, probably at least 95% of Aussies are on *WELFARE*. How come that doesn't piss off the crazy righties here? Hmmmmm.