Thread: OMG Centrelink are slow

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

The area used for domestic purposes including the house is test exempt. This area can be a maximum of two hectares.

The usual choices for people in this situation is sub-divide, keep the house block, and sell the rest; sell the whole property and move to somewhere smaller or of lesser value under the asset test; ....

Not always an option, with zoning laws in NSW, it is frequently impossible to sub-divide a rural zoned property if the remaining parcels will be less than 100 acres. If they do allow the sub division, it is frequently the case that no house is permitted on the site, then there is the issue of the 100 year flood level where houses are not permitted (not something that Qld property developers know about). These zoning restrictions inhibit the saleability and rental options.

Why should someone who has lived their entire life on the one property be forced to sell and move into rental or an unfamiliar house. This is often the cause of confusion and increasing dementia in the elderly.

Originally Posted by bussy1963

I apologies to assuming the worst of your character.

But as your time on this earth goes by you get cynical and suspicious of human nature and there integrity.

Many people in today's society are always trying to scam easy money.

it is ok. i am actually really against young people being on the dole(not working and just sitting at home i mean). the thing is that when i move overseas i can not get living away from home allowance or student allowance as most students do(both my stepsisters do and it covers their rent and resources), the thing that annoys me most why i cant get the student allowance overseas is that i will still be paying for uni and uni fees and when i buy books not only do i have to wait longer to get them but i have to pay on average about $30 to get them sent over, making it very expensive.i have actually just got a job today to help fund my uni as centrelink are being to slow i bet though they will grant me the student allowance on my first day and then i will have to say oh no i cant get it now because i am earning to much.frustration is an understatement.

Congratulations on your employment. (would you like fries with that)

i would love some fries but no it isnt fast food i am a servo worker again

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Not always an option, with zoning laws in NSW, it is frequently impossible to sub-divide a rural zoned property if the remaining parcels will be less than 100 acres. If they do allow the sub division, it is frequently the case that no house is permitted on the site, then there is the issue of the 100 year flood level where houses are not permitted (not something that Qld property developers know about). These zoning restrictions inhibit the saleability and rental options.

Why should someone who has lived their entire life on the one property be forced to sell and move into rental or an unfamiliar house. This is often the cause of confusion and increasing dementia in the elderly.

Lotza, it MAY (note that word) be possible for them to be exempt the asset test if the block is on a single title, they have a 20 year continuous attachment to the land, and it is being used to produce an income. My contact says this would apply to a relatively small area of poor or low value land that is not valued excessively over the asset test limit. High value or vast acres land assets are not exempt. Nor are land assets on multiple titles as these are considered saleable as is.

Do I recall you are doing a Psych degree?

no teaching, so close

Mate, the way it reads is that you want the cash to travel and support a lifestyle with your fiance??

I wish you both all the happiness and success, particularly with a move to a foreign country, but Government support is supposed to be for people who have no option for accomodation, food and perhaps transport to find a job - not as a stop gap to travel before you choose to go overseas...

It seems more like a want than a need.

All the best,

Matt.