The almighty .plan

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100

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On the 28th (or so) of November I got a letter stating that my
Youth Allowance was cancelled (with the last payment being 26th of
October).  I went to the local Centrelink and was told I would
have to apply for "Newstart" - and I had to do this at home, over
the phone, and then come in for an intervew later.

So I go home and call them, and arrange an interview. Later I have
to move the interview due to illness, and over the phone they
assure me that's fine, all I need to do is get a medical
certificate (which I do). Next business day I go to the local
Centrelink again and get a new appointment.

When I show up for my interview, I am told that since 14 days have
passed since I made the phone call, my claim has been cancelled (I
wasn't told anything about this time limit before). I am told I
have to go home again and call them to start the process all over
again, they won't do anything at this interview.

Yes, they refused to do anything at the appointment I had arranged
with them, I was told to go home *from my appointment* and ring
the phone number again to arrange a new appointment. The
interviewee refused to look at my paperwork or arrange a new claim
or otherwise do anything about it.

I've made a new claim - and lodged an appeal about the first one -
but it looks like I won't have any income until sometime in January.