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Post by genx on Feb 28, 2021 15:26:20 GMT 7
Plane travel is not 'public transport', so why do Job Capacity Assessors attempt to use the ability to travel on a plane as an indicator of ability to use public transport?
Travel by plane is highly regimented and controlled. As soon as you pass though customs into the inner area of the airport, you are under police state regulations. For this reason plane travel is less stressful for me than public transport.
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Post by tasjo on Feb 28, 2021 18:39:30 GMT 7
Genx - try not to overthink things too much in relation to individual decisions of the AAT. Sometimes there are different parts of the legislation that apply to the particular decision (like the earlier one) - which was actually granted in favour of the DSP recipient.
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Post by genx on Feb 28, 2021 20:15:36 GMT 7
Genx - try not to overthink things too much in relation to individual decisions of the AAT. Sometimes there are different parts of the legislation that apply to the particular decision (like the earlier one) - which was actually granted in favour of the DSP recipient. Right. I just find it bizarre. The very fact that there is Indefinite Portability clearly indicates that disability is not believed to be an insurmountable barrier to travel, at least according to the original legislators. |
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Post by bear on Feb 28, 2021 21:47:22 GMT 7
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Post by nomadic on Feb 28, 2021 22:22:27 GMT 7
I see that the above link is old news from 2014 which I had a GROWL about at the time. I think it was pointed out by banjo at the time that far more pension money comes into Australia from people from others countries who live in Australia on overseas pensions than by Australian pensioners taking it out. It was an outrageous article of lies and abuse by the gutter press.
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Post by bear on Mar 1, 2021 7:31:37 GMT 7
My understanding of the article is that, it was a rebuke by the Greek community over outrageous articles of lies and abuse previously published by the gutter press. Cheers bear
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Post by Banjo on Mar 1, 2021 7:44:52 GMT 7
There's a lot of difference in taking an occasional international flight which you can prepare for by resting up, arriving early to avoid queues and taking medication to ease pain and distress during the flight to scrambling onto a packed bus, maybe having to stand up for the trip and then worry about missing your stop.
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Post by genx on Mar 1, 2021 9:54:17 GMT 7
There's a lot of difference in taking an occasional international flight which you can prepare for by resting up, arriving early to avoid queues and taking medication to ease pain and distress during the flight to scrambling onto a packed bus, maybe having to stand up for the trip and then worry about missing your stop. Right. There is context there that Job Capacity Assessors overlook. When I had to see a JCA back in 2012 by for my "partial" incapacity, he asked me if I had a problem using public transport. I told him that I could physically get on public transport, but on a mental level it is very difficult. I also told him that I had to take a taxi to attend this appointment. In the assessment the JCA wrote that I have no trouble using public transport. |
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Post by tasjo on Mar 1, 2021 17:37:36 GMT 7
Genx - the issue may also be that you were self reporting your inability to use public transport.
However, it is worth ensuring you make it very clear about the use if public transport, it is one of the criteria that is differrent between 10 and 20 points on some of the impairment tables... if you can use public transport 10 points, if not 20 points.
The JCA does often ignore other centrelink data though so dont assume they will use it (when I applied for DSP I was receiving mobility allowance due to being unable to use public transport yet was assessed as able to use public transport by the JCA because I walked in)
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Post by nomadic on Mar 1, 2021 21:02:19 GMT 7
My understanding of the article is that, it was a rebuke by the Greek community over outrageous articles of lies and abuse previously published by the gutter press. Cheers bear yes I contacted the Herald sun journo who co wrote it. It said disabled living outside Australia were costing the government $100 million. It had a photo of a 5 star hotel in Bali where we were all supposed to be living and read as though we were stealing the money. It was journalism at the lowest level I have ever seen. my emails were eventually blocked by him as he had no argument to defend it. A total low life like most media. |
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