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Hi there  I hope this doesn’t start a war but  I thInk @sandramj wasnt implyimg we shouldn’t support immigrants to this country, it was more that a lot of us have worked our arses off our whole working lives paid tax  never had Centrelink support or minimal Centrelink support and when faced with a potentially life threatening condition is virtually impossible or not possible to get any support from the govt. so I think what’s she’s saying is we and many others should be entitled to at least something.  For example my hubby kept on working during all my surgery and treatment and because of this (and believe me we are just working class) we couldn’t get any support. Not even a health care card to help with meds, or assistance with travel costs etc, couldn’t claim any super for financial support as you have to be on a benefit for at least 26 weeks. If you can’t claim a benefit then you should at least  be able to access some of your super so you don’t end up on the skin of your arse like we are now and without it being a huge head fuck and all because he earned over the threshold which I might add is less than the Minimum wage. And like @zoffiel it’s cost us too around $100k in lost wages and out of pocket costs and we didn’t have private health insurance either. And  I thInk what @sandramj is saying is Government support should be more evenly distributed to all Australians who need it. Margie. Xx