Centrelink for the uninitiated!
Well, that was fun, 45 minutes waiting on hold on the phone to speak to someone about our 2 week old claim for my sickness benefits. Never claimed with centrelink before so it's all been rather daunt...
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I feel your pain, I've spent about 3hrs on the phone & we've taken a trip into the office...last place I wanted to be with a reduced immune system. My husband and I were diagnosed with cancer only 6 days apart, me with locally advanced breast cancer & him with colon cancer. With 2 under 4, me eligible for income protection and his work offering for him to work 2 days a week at home, it's hard to find what we can and can't claim for. My mum is claiming carers payment for us both as she's living with us. They told me I would be able to claim parenting payment, but apparently the combined $1600/ftnt we will be earning, eliminates me from that & probably a lot of other things. He's been told to apply for sickness allowance so we're hoping that comes through to help with everything.
I hope you get your payments through soon. It's definitely a battlefield trying to figure it all out!