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Post by Banjo on Feb 23, 2011 6:07:34 GMT 7
If you intend staying outside Australia a lot you may need to show that you still have ties to the country. One of the ways to do this is to have a place to live there. Ideally a house where your mail goes and you keep some belongings. Not so easy if you are already paying rent in another country but several options are available. One would be shared accommodation, just a room in a house or a shared flat or unit. Make sure something is in your name, the utility bills for example. You should apply for state housing, I have my name down for ground floor single bedroom flat in a popular beach side suburb of Adelaide. There's about ten thousand on the waiting list but that can't be helped, I need to live near my very elderly parents as I don't have a car.
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Post by spaceyone on Mar 24, 2011 14:57:21 GMT 7
This is another area where you should cost them some money, and use as an excuse not to have to come back to live in poverty.
Most of the housing commission places have waiting lists decades long. However, Department of Housing were given money from the government last year to do something about homelessness, especially of people on welfare. They now have social housing, as well as the old system.
For social housing, you can be assessed according to the severity of your condition. Apparently they rent a property for you, with the lease being in their name. They take 25% of your income from your welfare payment for rent, and they make up the difference to meet the private market rent payment.
This is one win I had this week. After applying for this twice last year, and waiting almost a year with no result, I sent them a sarcastic email advising them that I had found something that I could afford. That I was moving into a shed, miles from anywhere, making it difficult therefore for my son to return to work, and for either of us to attend our doctors and get well. I thanked them for their help.
They have now offered to put me on a higher priority list, once I have my doctor complete some forms, etc. Now that I have somewhere to live, as opposed to, when I was homeless for 5 months, lol.
You guys overseas should apply for this. You should insist that you cannot return home until you have been granted accommodation in something which is affordable on your income level, and which still allows money for treatment and medications, and food.
You should tell them that you will return, once they have all this in place for you. A nice unit, with easy access to all of your needs, bedrooms for our new citizens, all with subsidised rent. And an ambulance at the airport to transport you, lol.
But while returning to Australia, and being faced with the high cost of living, housing shortage, and an income below the poverty line, all of which would cause you undue hardship and stress to your illness, it should be considered cruel and anti-productive to force you to come here.
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Post by Banjo on Apr 7, 2011 2:57:14 GMT 7
Housing SA has a waiting list several years long in ALL areas unless you are in a "family" type situation.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2011 6:26:05 GMT 7
I hear it it more like 20 years. Due to the lack of available housing. You would probably get emergency housing for 1 year, they would rent a house for you. The Housing trust have sold off most of the houses and have not replaced them. They must have their head up there ass.
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Post by Banker on Apr 7, 2011 6:46:32 GMT 7
It varies from State to state.
In Q'Land the housing dept buys houses, units etc to rent out, doing away with complete housing commission areas like Mt Druitt in Sydney.
Im not sure of the waiting list in Q'Land now but 15 years ago you could wait for 15 years on the Gold Coast or get one straight away in Roma in an Aboriginal settlement.
In Q'Land if your away from the property for more than 4 weeks? you will loose the property. If you have a visitor for more than two nights they must be notified and they could increase your rent...
I looked into it for a friend about 15 years ago so some of these rules may have changed.
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Post by Banker on Apr 7, 2011 6:51:09 GMT 7
I think a lot of these rules are changed if your an Aboriginal ........
Where is Pauline Hanson?
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Post by ram on Apr 7, 2011 8:41:41 GMT 7
Wtf has Hanson got to do with it???
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Post by Banjo on Apr 7, 2011 8:59:12 GMT 7
I think a lot of these rules are changed if your an Aboriginal ........ Where is Pauline Hanson? I got the distinct impression that anyone but single white males had a chance. I went to emergency housing (ShelterSA) and was virtually told not to waste my time. The sign over the door said "Everybody is entitled to a house!" Housing SA gave me some forms to take to my doctor and social worker for letters. Can't afford doctor, my concession card has been cancelled.
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Post by Banjo on Apr 7, 2011 11:19:18 GMT 7
I don't see why not, they can't discriminate on the basis of sex.
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Post by spaceyone on Apr 7, 2011 12:40:21 GMT 7
Banjo, you can apply for a low income health care card from C/L.
When I was without payments, when refusing to sign up for Newstart, I found I could not get a script filled on the pbs.
I had heard about the low income card from a lady I had worked with once, I think even self-funded retirees, or part-pensioners, can apply for one, if they have a medical condition or their income is low enough to qualify.
When I applied for one, they printed me out an interim one to use, which the chemist and the GP both recognised. It only took a week for the proper one to arrive in the mail.
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Post by spaceyone on Apr 7, 2011 12:44:57 GMT 7
KRudd handed out millions to the fix the homelessness problem. Nothing changed though, there is still little available for those in dire need, in the short or long term. Where does all the money go?
Qld did build some nice new homes, around Caboolture and were renting them out for about $250 per week for 3 and 4 bedders. By the time I heard about them, they were all rented. They might have been building some more.
NSW Housing just seemed to spend all their funds on having meetings to talk about how the problem could be fixed.
Nothing has been done to address the private rental market, and its skyrocketing prices and shortages. It continues to get worse.
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Post by Guest on Apr 8, 2011 3:50:33 GMT 7
Can Centrelink cancel medicare cards ?
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Post by spaceyone on Apr 8, 2011 7:13:42 GMT 7
If they cancel your citizenship, then I think they could. But that would be the only way Centrelink could affect it.
Knowing that you were on a DSP and therefore not well and in need of treatment, then I think they would definately advise Medicare the moment they have cancelled all of your rights as an Australian citizen.
Maybe that is why they want to be linked to Medicare, so they can see how many times we visit our GP's, and be made aware of any tests we have, and the results.
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Post by Banjo on Apr 8, 2011 7:23:37 GMT 7
No, I'm sure they can't cancel it but it would be interesting to find out if a non-resident is entitled to one by Medicare's rules? I'll check next week, maybe ring today.
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Post by spaceyone on Apr 8, 2011 7:33:03 GMT 7
You should be able to apply for a crisis payment Banjo, if you are in need of money. Apparently it is easier for someone from another country who is in Australia, and finds themselves without any funds to get one, than it is for a resident on welfare to get one who is in financial need. Having to move out of a home, due to abuse, is the top reason. You could claim you have been abused by Centrelink and had to leave your nest.
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