Centrelink Staff

[Banker]

After dealing with my friends problems, he is having with C/L and the decisions that the staff make that can truly destroy a persons life and then reading some of the experiences that other members have shared on this forum, I am beginning to think that C/L staff believe that they are God.... What bloody right do they have to treat fellow Australians like this?

These people (MORONS) are disagreeing with the decision of Qualified Doctors.... This has to stop NOW.

Cheers from a very Pissed off
Banker

[Banjo]

I was interested in how the medical profession felt about unqualified people over ruling their doctors certificates, in effect saying that they did not know what they were talking about.
I had a problem a couple of years back when I reapplied for the pension and my doctor rang them up and let fly, right in front of me.
Maybe it would be an idea for people getting certificates to ask what they should do if it was refused.
I wrote to their professional body over the weekend, the Australian Medical Association, and asked what they thought of the matter.
No reply to date.

[spaceyone]

A lady advised me to go to the hospital one day and ask to see their Psychologist, because I could not stop crying about the breakup of my family. She told me that he would be able to put me on a DSP immediately, based on my emotional state at the time.

During my conversation with him, he did not believe that Centrelink could be overruling not only my GP but also test results. I didn't have my records with me at the time and could not prove what I was saying.

The Psycholgoist told me that any good GP would simply ring up Centrelink and abuse them if they were doing trying to do that to someone.

I replied that unfortunately my GP didn't have enough balls to do that. So Banjo is right, this must be a valid way to go when all else fails.

Also, he could not put me on DSP, because in his opinion I was not mentally ill nor depressed, but simply under an enormous amount of stress (caused by Centrelink).

However, Centrelink's JCA and disability employment service had tried to class me as both, mentally ill and suffering depression with no real physical ongoing ailments.

[Banjo]

It's getting harder and harder to find a decent doctor, I came across mine when a friend recommended him when my doctor of 20 years refused to help me with the DSP as I "was too young to finish work".
Not, "you're fit enough to work" or "there must be something you can still do", but "you're too young".
Unfortunately a lot of doctors are like that, they support the system and not the patient.

[spaceyone]

I phoned the JCA company, who's employees had lied about my condition, at the suggestion of my disability employment service, to talk about my case.

I stated that since I now have all the evidence to proove that the deal was done behind my back, and prior to my JCA interview, they now have no excuse not to fire the people involved.

I was told that "Job Capacity Assessment officers do not deliberately corrupt their reports, and (chuckle chuckle) you don't sound important enough that one would go out on a limb to single you out for a one".

I am not sure how many times I used the F word before she hung up, or if she was even still on the line when I slammed down the phone on her.

Where do they find these idiots? What a great way to deal with angry clients, to insult them and laugh at them.

I find the same with Centrelink, the more right you are, and the more corrupt they have been in their dealings towards you, the ruder and more aggressive they are to you, in a deliberate attempt to make you go away.

[Banjo]

Unfortunately many of this type of organisation are using poorly or unqualified staff because they can underpay them.
They accuse others of trying to milk the system for all it's worth while they are doing exactly the same thing themselves.