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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 17:46:24 GMT 7
Wombat, being an old age pensioner, who never knocked on Centrelinks door all my life, I find it absurd yet not unbelievable from politicians that after 6 weeks overseas I lose some benefits, being the energy supplement, fair cop as I am not down under paying for power. I don't even have to tell them I am leaving or when I come back, as soon as I go through immigration my details are automatically sent to satanlink. From your answer I take it you don't go for more than 6 weeks onemore. We have had members who left for longer without advising travel plans, then got a MyGov letter saying they'd be cut off if they didn't respond. Needless to say this caused a certain level of anxiety. Whereas members who have advised of long term travel have never had a problem that I'm aware of. Cheers bear www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/age-pension/managing-your-payment/if-you-travel-outside-australia
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Post by onemore on May 23, 2019 18:11:09 GMT 7
Bear, Thanks for your reply, no mate I go for anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 months, depending on how the Philippine is pi..ss..ing me off or not.
Lately I have had to return more frequently to deal with the Department of Veterans affairs, having done time in Vietnam does not count for anything as they are just as bad as Centrelink when it comes to stuffing someone around, with loss of reports, loss of proof of identity the whole nine yards just another government department, I thinK they reckon I will just give up, but that aint about to happen.
On a side note I went to a Centrelink office in Victoria and mentioned to the person at the desk that I was there about a DVA matter and I was directed to a special part of the office and was seen to in a matter of minutes, somehow circumventing all the other clients.
On another side note I went to another Centrelink office in Melbourne and asked about my travel plans and the officer said to me " I see you have spent your whole working life in Australia paying taxes and that you are a returned serviceman, we really don't care about your travel plans, go and enjoy the rest of your life".
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Post by Denis-NFA on May 23, 2019 18:59:54 GMT 7
On another side note I went to another Centrelink office in Melbourne and asked about my travel plans and the officer said to me " I see you have spent your whole working life in Australia paying taxes and that you are a returned serviceman, we really don't care about your travel plans, go and enjoy the rest of your life". Well done onemore
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 19:01:44 GMT 7
Bear, Thanks for your reply, no mate I go for anywhere from 6 weeks to 2 months, depending on how the Philippine is pi..ss..ing me off or not. Lately I have had to return more frequently to deal with the Department of Veterans affairs, having done time in Vietnam does not count for anything as they are just as bad as Centrelink when it comes to stuffing someone around, with loss of reports, loss of proof of identity the whole nine yards just another government department, I thinK they reckon I will just give up, but that aint about to happen. On a side note I went to a Centrelink office in Victoria and mentioned to the person at the desk that I was there about a DVA matter and I was directed to a special part of the office and was seen to in a matter of minutes, somehow circumventing all the other clients. On another side note I went to another Centrelink office in Melbourne and asked about my travel plans and the officer said to me " I see you have spent your whole working life in Australia paying taxes and that you are a returned serviceman, we really don't care about your travel plans, go and enjoy the rest of your life". I just find it so bizarre the way Centrelink can make up individual rules, note it on your file and everything is hunky dory. Cheers bear.
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Post by onemore on May 24, 2019 5:21:11 GMT 7
I reckon that I might have posted this before but not to worry, I don't think people will jump all over me if I already have.
When I first applied for the OAP I was living in Coffs Harbour and off to the Centrelink office I went not knowing what I was entitled to, if anything but a family friend suggested I go along, be nice and early I was told as soon as the office opens, before the other clients get out of bed.(I could substitute other adjectives of the unemployed but I won't, seeing there is good surf around the place and drugs are plentiful).
So I get to see this lady and I provide her all of my details, her first statement to me is "Are you sure your date of birth is correct, because we don't have any information on you, have you ever contacted Centrelink before"? With me showing her my passport and veryifying who I was she created a file on me and gave me my centrelink official number and bang I was in the system.
Just so happens a mate of mine did the same thing around the same time and like me worked, yes worked all his life never knocking on Centrelinks door and like myself is polite to anyone and everyone, especially someone that has a hand in what you are seeking i.e MONEY. He also remarked to me that the staff there assist him and his wife with everything, even suggesting things to them such as "Are you sure your car is worth that much, I think you have overvalued it" Now this mate of mine has a wife that has herself just retired after spending all her life as a nurse, a noble occupation especially in these days of drug overuse and the like where they are abused and beaten trying to help someone, so after retiring she developed diabetes not a good thing, when she went to the local hospital to get a blood test of some description she came out with Golden Staff I think they call it, so back into hospital where they didn't get to it quick enough so the disease spread to her hand and no matter how much antibiotics they pumped into her the thing kept spreading, so in short had to have her hand amputated.
My mate is her full time carer, especially now that after she got out of hospital she had a stroke, I think the stress of it all got to her, it would make you wonder wouldn't it, that you spend all your life looking after people and this happens.
But hang on there is more. So he is going to visit her every morning in hospital to help the nurses because he knows the hospital is understaffed, so he helps them, he was coming out of the carpark one morning and stopped at the boom gate, (you know those carparks that are raking in millions to the owners), while stopped at the boom gate and old bloke who shouldn't be driving mistook the the accelerator pedal for the brake pedal and rear ended him, the car was a write off or so we thought but no they repaired the bloody thing, so my mate then had to travel by train and bus to get to the hospital to see his wife.
Do I think that he is entitled to a carers pension ? PH..CK..N oath I do.
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Post by nomadic on May 24, 2019 7:02:17 GMT 7
Hey onemore cannot recall it before and no one is worse than me for repeating things but I always think it is fine anyhow as new members can read it rather than looking through thousands of posts from yesteryear. It seems some are destined to that old saying. Born, S**t happens, Die. And it all seems random chance to me other than political interference causing the most number 2.
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Post by itsmylife08 on May 25, 2019 21:05:18 GMT 7
guides.dss.gov.au/guide-social-security-law/7/2/2/10 Finally bear here is the link you asked about, not sure why I couldn't find it, it was right in front of me I dunno call it what you like brain fog or brain fart both the same, getting old Alzheimer's setting in. Cheers Itsa
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