Thread by @langmeil

Get this @centrelink disaster.

Wife redundant Feb. OK severance payout.

Me redundant Mar. No payout, just final pay.

Wife puts in Jobseeker application, approved, assistance starts. OMG we might get through this.

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#australia #centrelink #auspol .@ServicesGovAU #jobseeker

My Jobseeker application gets processed end April. Because we're a couple all finances are shared, which means wife's Feb severance also gets associated with me. Because my application is new, that means the association between me and wife's Feb severance is new.

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That means it gets flagged as new income right now, which means I get denied for assistance until at least end of July.

That's not the bad bit.

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Because that association gets flagged as new income, and we're a couple and all finances are shared, that means wife gets flagged as having new income, and her Jobseeker approval gets reversed.

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So my "I have no income and no severance" application for Jobseeker not only got me nothing, it got my unemployed wife's EXISTING Jobseeker assistance CANCELLED.

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So now we have nothing. No income, no assistance. We and our children will be out on the street BECAUSE I applied for Jobseeker.

Thanks @centrelink. How is this fair?

If anyone reads this and cares, share

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#australia #centrelink #auspol #covid19au .@ServicesGovAU #jobseeker