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Dec 26, 2012 19:49:20 GMT 7
Post by freakshow on Dec 26, 2012 19:49:20 GMT 7
g'day crew I'm freakshow, just checking in for the first time - some really helpful stuff on here. I'm keen to add info as I proceed through what threatens to be an interminable review/appeal of a recent decision by CL to cancel my DSP following a sham of a "review for portablility". They really are against paying people the DSP that spend time overseas, and will pull out any kind of bs act to acheive it. I will keep all informed as I learn along the way about how to defend my democratic rights.
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Dec 26, 2012 20:01:57 GMT 7
Post by Banjo on Dec 26, 2012 20:01:57 GMT 7
Welcome to the forum. Are you saying that you had your DSP cancelled after you applied for the unlimited portability offered in this year's legislation change?
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Dec 28, 2012 18:21:57 GMT 7
Post by freakshow on Dec 28, 2012 18:21:57 GMT 7
G'day Banjo! Yeah I did have my pension cancelled after applying for unlimited portability. I was given a sham of a JCA where the unqualified assessor didn't ask me a single question about my capacities and then gave me a score of 10 points without anyone from the dept. contacting me or my docs first for "extra info" that they now claim they need after at first telling me my claim had sufficient info. Has anyone else noticed how small the space on the doc report form is? How can any time constrained doc fill enough info in this box about capacities? Rigged or what? I had seen the writing on the wall I must admit after being treated with a bullying/threatening attitude from the day I started to make enquiries about the new law till the day I was told my claim had been unsuccessful. But I figure if it is my legal right then why shouldn't I pursue it. I believe that the scoring of me was conducted in a completely biased, pre-determined, untransparent, uninformed, and unqualified way. The law and the policies and culture within CL are clearly two distinct entities ay?
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Dec 28, 2012 19:52:49 GMT 7
Post by anotherdsp on Dec 28, 2012 19:52:49 GMT 7
gday ando an welcome mate!yeah you have to watch out for these dodgy jca people,so you will have to appeal the decision and in your appeal the best bet is to add new evidence to support your case,i have had a dodgy report done like that but i had the decision changed because of the way the jca went about it,it was less then an 10 minute interveiw?? so be prepared
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Dec 29, 2012 15:47:04 GMT 7
Post by freakshow on Dec 29, 2012 15:47:04 GMT 7
G'day crew and thanks for your reply anotherdsp! I have been getting some extra info to submit to the ARO but it is so difficult coz all my most relevant docs have changed address, lost my files, erased my files, or moved into a new specialty and can't see me now. Also so hard to push the docs to provide more than the cursory pushed-for-time scribble. dodgy JCA caused quite a sweat I'll tell ya!!
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Dec 29, 2012 17:01:03 GMT 7
Post by Denis-NFA on Dec 29, 2012 17:01:03 GMT 7
hay freakyshow. all the best mate.....
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Dec 29, 2012 17:06:06 GMT 7
Post by Denis-NFA on Dec 29, 2012 17:06:06 GMT 7
Banjo, A general question for anyone to comment about.
Are we entitled to know who will be assessing us and their skill base prior to a JCA?
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Dec 30, 2012 3:13:08 GMT 7
Post by baranghope on Dec 30, 2012 3:13:08 GMT 7
I would doubt you can question anything about your assessor, but then they usual phone you and say hello. So I suppose you could ask them right there and then, what their skillset it. Otherwise, you might as well go by the old stats, which I outline in an old post: Assessors Demographic. See page 28 of the Jackson Report, it is all there. But briefly: only 1% are Registered Medical Practitioners. Accredited or registered: Exercise Physiosologists and Physiotherapists 10%; Rehab Councellors 11%; Occupational Therapists 14%; Psychologists 22%; Reg. Nurses 6%; "Others" 25% (interns); only 4% Social or CL Disability Workers; etc. It is a no-brainer that CL/CRS Australia/HSA cannot afford Med pros: they would charge $300 plus per interview. The assessors will just make a personal work ability decision based on your appearance, your file and what they trick you into saying. Read more: dspoverseas.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1466&page=1#ixzz2GTQXvCmn
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Dec 31, 2012 6:33:49 GMT 7
Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2012 6:33:49 GMT 7
Welcome Freakshow:) All I can say is good luck and stand up to the bastards mate. I was approved for IP, but they discounted my over-riding psychological disorder that I had been given the pension for in the first place, and then made me out to be a full blown alcoholic; which was only a corollary condition to my disorder and mental issues. Don't give in and appeal their decision; at least your at the right place for some sound advice mate. However, I still believe with what I have been reading, that many DSPers are too scared to confront them, and unless you do, then you will never know? What people have to realise is the free & easy years of the gravy train have ended for the time being; "Now" is the time to fight back... Good Luck.. Cheetal:))
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Dec 31, 2012 23:06:02 GMT 7
Post by free on Dec 31, 2012 23:06:02 GMT 7
What people have to realise is the free & easy years of the gravy train have ended for the time being; Now is the time to fight back On the contrary: the free and easy years have just begun, and are getting easier and easier. "They expect us to lose heart, or to fight back: we will do neither." I saw Simon Westaway at my local bottle shop, 50 metres from where I live. I stared at him. He stared at me. I thought: he would not want to be bothered by a member of the public who happened to see him on TV. I said: "Shhh...I'm on your safari."
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Feb 2, 2013 15:01:00 GMT 7
Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2013 15:01:00 GMT 7
I only inferred "Gravy Train" from their (C/L's) perspective Free; thats why their coming down so hard on us now. But they can try all the bullshit they like with me now mate, coz I beat the Bastards; only because I found this site, may I add:)) Cheetal...
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