Hi there Ellie. You can only claim compassionate grounds if you are diagnoed as terminal unfortunately. Trust me I've tried and so have all o us who don't have income protection etc. . And I've contacted the cancer council and really not much they can do. You only really get help with financial hardship if you get a centrelink payment and the help doesn't come from them personally they just refer you to a third party and you just have got get extensions or payment plans sorted yourself and a lot of us have a partner who works so we can't claim anything. Thanks for your input though it's appreciated. ❤️