Age Pension

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

And in a couple of months you will get a letter requiring you to repay the money you got.

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That won’t be happening! I told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - all supported with documentation.

They did the assessment and gave me the money. They did the reassessment and stopped the money!

Thats the end of the matter as far as I am concerned!

It is possible to appeal, if you are patient.

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Originally Posted by Barraman

That won’t be happening! I told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - all supported with documentation.

They did the assessment and gave me the money. They did the reassessment and stopped the money!

Thats the end of the matter as far as I am concerned!

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Dream on [bigsad]. So if nothing changed in your circumstances, they made a mistake in giving it in the first place so any money they gave you they will want back.

I hope that is not going to be the case but I would be surprised if they let it go.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

It is possible to appeal, if you are patient.

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Probably out of time by now. There is a time frame to appeal. You would have got the details of how to appeal in the letter advising you of the cancellation. As always, read the fine print.

First step is to ask the decision maker to reconsider their decision. If they won't change their decision they have to explain why then they have to tell you how to appeal further.

Next step is to further your appeal to an Area Review Officer. Same as first step.

Next is an appeal to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal. Not happy? Then next step.

Administrative Appeals Tribunal who sometimes give strange decisions but normally strictly apply the legislation.

Last step is to the Federal Court. Got plenty of money to throw at wigs? The Federal Court only considers matters of law.

If its out of time, it might be simpler just to lodge a fresh application.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

When you lodge a claim for a Centrelink payment be sure to tell the whole truth about your income and assets. Otherwise sometime later you may get a visit from a fraud investigator or an invitation to come to the office for a serious chat and possible later a court appointment. It is surprising the number of Centrelink clients who "forget" about the block of flats or the sheep station (yes, a bloody sheep station), the valuable collection of art, vintage cars, antique furniture, jewelry, the de facto spouse and so on. Computerised Data Matching has made life a good bit easier for Centrelink investigators. Few realise that the department started computerised data matching in 1991 with awesome results. The algorithms have been refined over the decades according to results. Some of the most successful matches are overseas departures, interest paid in excess of $100 p.a, land titles, high rent, employment declaration forms held by the ATO, Tax Notices of Assessment indicating income declared to the ATO not in line with that declared to Centrelink, Births Deaths and Marriages. The last was a ripper. First done when the last states computerised their BDM registers. Centrelink (then DSS) found out how many dead people were getting pensions and withdrawing and spending. Also the number of people who got married to a working partner and didn't notify.

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I may have to get a bunk bed when the time comes, so I can hide all of my assets under my mattress. :Rolling:

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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I may have to get a bunk bed when the time comes, so I can hide all of my assets under my mattress. :Rolling:

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And that is harder than you think :( .

wonder where in the world the centerlink website is hosted [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by incisor

wonder where in the world the centerlink website is hosted [bigwhistle]

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Found a solution/option Inc. My recent very odd selection as use as a model for Royal Melb Hospital lottery put me in the non paid category and these two cool crew from a laundry in Taiwan modeling left behind clothes gave me a weird thought of you modeling old computer kit. Would you get your old floppies out for the camera for a You Tube channel perhaps[biggrin] A hard drive or CPU some RAM and plugs perhaps [biggrin][biggrin][biggrin]
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Taiwan laundry: Elderly models are unexpected Instagram hit

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Originally Posted by incisor

wonder where in the world the centerlink website is hosted [bigwhistle]

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The main part of the system was always in Canberra with additional sections in Area Offices. Canberra was supposed to be highly secured and the Dept has for decades been obsessed with client privacy. Staff have been fined, jailed, sacked, reduced in rank, or salary reduced for a period for breaches of privacy.

Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union DSS sold a welfare system to one of the 'stans in Central Asia who had to set up an entire welfare system as Russia ran the old one and shut it down. An intriguing outcome of the sale was the stand alone appeals system. This function had to be explained to the Asian delegates who simply could not accept us allowing the citizenry to appeal government decisions. Not in their country. There the government makes the decisions and there is no right of appeal. They didn't buy this part.