'N While I'm There, I'll just nip Out and Buy A Property

[bushies.girl]

Well why not? lol

[myoclon1cjerk]

Back on track and it looks like Arthur Sinodinos (Eddie Obeid's buddy) is going to take over the health portfolio. If true,expect more cuts to health funding.

[bushies.girl]

Surely he could have appealed their decision, know someone who had probs re being underpaid, was told too bad, appealed it, was told too bad, appealed it higher and won 

[bushies.girl]

Looks like Brandis and Dutton have had their snouts in the trough as well   ..... Why am I not surprised?  ... Duinno much re Dutton but wouldn't trust Brandis at all  

[davidc4430]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-10/julie-bishop-charged-taxpayers-for-trip-to-polo/8173542

and the rot is spreading (enter evil laugh here)

[go-tazz]

Here's the nasty part. Some weeks later he received a lot of paperwork from Centrelink. He showed me the contents which informed him that due to the fact that he did not tell them of his change in circumstances within 13 weeks, they were not liable to pay him backpay. The poor guy was underpayed to the tune of $6500,a substantial amount when you are on Newstart. Even though he can get more of this work,he flat out refuses to do it again. Once bitten.

He should've gone straight to his member of Parliament with all the paperwork and they would've sorted it.

That sounds like the centrelink employee made up that carp to hide their mistake and it should've gone  for

review with a supervisor.

[myoclon1cjerk]

Apparently the Centrelink officer who told him to submit the estimate was the most senior officer (the boss) of that office. Funny thing is (if you can call it that) that senior officer told him he should not have been asked to do it.
After being jerked around for over 12 months,the guy just wrote it off. He has a couple of years left until retirement age. He prefers to work,but his attitude now is "To hell with them.They can pay me Newstart until I go on the pension"

[myoclon1cjerk]

As for the paperwork,it came from Canberra not his local office. It was pages and pages of laws and by-laws.

[springyzone]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

dont forget that classic, 'poor people dont own cars and if they do they dont drive very far'

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It is probably very true David.....poor people can't afford to own cars and if they do they can't afford to use them more than absolutely necessary.

Springy, we have our own business....a courier business where we can only earn an income by using a van.  Even though expenses are tax deductible we still lose out when prices such as fuel go up.  The money comes directly out of our pocket.

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I would agree that people on smaller incomes have more worry about petrol costs but it doesn't necessarily mean they can avoid them.

For a start, people on smaller incomes are often living in the outer suburbs. They can't just hop on a tram or train, they have to either drive to a station or else drive the whole way to work. Often their petrol costs are way higher than anyone living in the inner suburbs.

My brother was in that situation, he was on newstart to top up his income but had to travel substantial distances about 5 times a week for part time work. Each shift might only be 4 or 5 hours. If he managed to get an extra shift, he often lost his newstart top up for that week and in fact ended up worse off because he had petrol & sometimes food expenses to come out of it.

I think most people in the outer suburbs have to have some sort of car.

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I think the key with most businesses is those words-tax deductible. In other words, you don't get the entire lot back, you just get to claim expenses on your tax return.

Compare that to some of the politicians who have outright allowances made to them.

I think Sussan Ley's charter flight expenses seem a bit over the top. I suspect some of the trips were so she could keep her hand in with her flying licence. Legit business perhaps but two birds with one stone again. $6300 to fly from Canberra to melbourne is in my view a bit over the top.

Not a good idea for politicians to combine work and personal pursuits then charge.

[chameleon54]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Are there any documented cases where Centrelink have discovered - or had it pointed out to them - that  they have been underpaying someone over a period of time and Centrelink have then backpayed the client?

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As farmers we dont know what our income will be from one year to the next. We simply use last years figure on our family payment for children documents. After we lodge our tax records, which can be many months after the end of the financial year, the wife either recieves a lump sum for underpayment or a bill for overpayment.

[bushies.girl]

Looking like it's bye, bye Ley front the front bench, cant say I will miss her