Hi All was wanting to get as much information as possible on travelling around OZ with wife being on Disabilty Pension, any help you can give me I would be very grateul Thanks in advance Red Dog.
rredbeak said
06:58 PM Jan 3, 2012
Talk to centerlink ,just be plain honest. You might be surprised AND its officially on record you told them.
Im in that catagory and its official ,i renew every year. Rod
Red Dog said
07:05 PM Jan 3, 2012
Thanks Rod have had several talks with centre link and get different answers each time very frustrating.
As you have to make sure you are doing it all above board or if you have to go to them in another state they want to know what you are doing there cheers Red dog.
_wombat_ said
07:20 PM Jan 3, 2012
Write to centrelink and ask for answer's in writing to your question's
Red Dog said
07:26 PM Jan 3, 2012
Thanks Guys going to put a day aside to go and see what the facts are at the moment all dressed up and nowhere to go cheers Dave.
Hylda&Jon said
07:36 PM Jan 3, 2012
Hi! Not sure what info you're after. We just finished travelling around Aus for 2 years with me on a disabailty pension with no problems. Unlike the dole, I didn't have to tell them where i was all the time I just had my postal adress changed to a good friends place & they collected our mail & sent it on to us. I asked Centrelink to handle most of my mail online & only post the important stuff.
If you want to claim rental allounce then it can be a hassle as you have to drop in every week or 2 with proof of where you stayed & maybe even with reciepts (depending which Centrelink you go to). Also as there isn't a specific form that covers your situation you may find every time you drop the form in they will scratch there heads then ask you to wait till someone can see you then you have an argument with them about it being the correct form.
It got to my nerves too much & I just stopped claiming rental allowence & never needed to get in touch with them again on the trip.
Hope this helps a little
Cheers
Jon
Happywanderer said
07:50 PM Jan 3, 2012
Like Hylda & Jon I have all my letters delivered online, have no need to have any contact with centrelink while home so don't see why I would while travelling. If something happens while away, nonpayment or something else, I would pop into the nearest centrelink office, or maybe make a phone call.
rredbeak said
08:31 PM Jan 3, 2012
every visit to centerlink i always ASK [its being recorded by them] "Am i doing anything wrong" and everytime the response is "Certainly not"
weve done 3 laps over the years and theyre made aware of each n every one before we set off,its official and its recorded.
ALL they ask is IF you get snail mail you supply a mailing address,thats certainly fair enough in my opinion.
its nothing to be concerned about BUT youre being very wise by talking to them and getting it recorded.
Happy Travells.. Rod
Beth54 said
10:31 PM Jan 3, 2012
I'm on the DSP and don't understand why one would need to go into the Centrelink office. I haven't had to go there since my last review, about 3 years ago. I avoid them like the plague actually. I had a bad run with them several years ago, and ended up having a nervous breakdown because of them.
I get the online mail too, and I get rent allowance. Every couple of years, they send me a letter to ask if anything has changed. No, I say, and it just goes on as before. But I do have private rental, I don't know if that makes any difference. And I don't travel fulltime.
Just be aware that whatever info they give you, get the persons name and a reciept number. My daughter found that one out the hard way.
Happywanderer said
11:08 PM Jan 3, 2012
I'm the same as you beth. Pay rental so wouldn't be needing rental assistance while on the road, don't travel fulltime and get my mail online. And don't go near centrelink unless I have to. Must be a couple of years since last there.
milo said
11:17 PM Jan 3, 2012
im the same as beth, as much as i appreicate being on the pension , going to centerlink is a pain in the ..... only time i tell them anything is when things change ie like they say in that letter that comes out some times or if im out off the country travelling....
you do get the odd good people at centrlink ,but not always..
Red Dog said
09:16 AM Jan 4, 2012
Thanks guys for all the info we have never had any trouble with centre link as such but most of you are not traveling full time we have sold our house (waiting on settlement ] and will have no solid contact point, so didnt no how one would go about getting things like licence renewals and new pension cards and so forth cheers Dave.
Boroma577 said
10:43 AM Jan 4, 2012
Red Dog wrote:
Thanks guys for all the info we have never had any trouble with centre link as such but most of you are not traveling full time we have sold our house (waiting on settlement ] and will have no solid contact point, so didnt no how one would go about getting things like licence renewals and new pension cards and so forth cheers Dave.
Dave, you may have to use a service like Landbase for your snail mail.
I have been on a DSP for six yrs, the first two my wife was still workinf so had to report our income every two weeks as it was not a regular amount so mine was based on that.
When she finished we done all the required paper work & have not heard from them since & we have been travelling for the last four yrs. They just email us when there is a change in payment, nothing further.
Red Dog said
12:54 PM Jan 4, 2012
That was what I was looking for thanks heaps Boroma for the info cheers Dave
-- Edited by Red Dog on Wednesday 4th of January 2012 12:56:32 PM
Boroma577 said
01:03 PM Jan 4, 2012
Red Dog wrote:
That was what I was looking for thanks heaps Boroma for the info cheers Dave
You are most welcome Dave, glad I could help.
Gerty Dancer said
01:56 PM Jan 4, 2012
Its funny, different Centrelink offices have staff that treat their customers differently. Our local office has really friendly peole, they treat us like we are their Aunt and Uncle. But we met a woman who was very condescending at one in WA. Glad we dont live there!
animalcarer said
02:22 PM Jan 4, 2012
Know the feeling well, met the b from hell in Dalby office, then really beautiful people at stones corner and woodridge. I find I ask questions after questions, and get peoples names, times, an whenever they ring us, I always have them on speaker phone so howie can take notes.
Will be claiming the rental allowance when we hit the road.
Beth54 said
04:29 PM Jan 4, 2012
Gerty Dancer wrote:
Its funny, different Centrelink offices have staff that treat their customers differently. Our local office has really friendly peole, they treat us like we are their Aunt and Uncle. But we met a woman who was very condescending at one in WA. Glad we dont live there!
I had a very nice lady in Longreach in'09. Couldn't do enough for me.
Woodridge is where I've always gone Lynette. I didn't come across b****s, just found they mostly had no compassion. I think I only found two who were very compassionate.
goinsoon said
04:50 PM Jan 4, 2012
I have dealt with centerlink in Stawell in Vic, Raymond Terrace, Port Macquarie and Inverell in NSW, Beaudesertand Browns Plains in Qld. and the service and friendliness was great from all of them.
AmandaJayne said
05:13 PM Jan 4, 2012
We are both on a disability here and we've not been into centrelink for sometime but I did ask what would happen if we traveled the country and was told to get a po box and have a friend look at it from time to time... but seeing as the son will be living in our home we wont have to bother with that....
Hi All was wanting to get as much information as possible on travelling around OZ with wife being on Disabilty Pension, any help you can give me I would be very grateul Thanks in advance Red Dog.
Im in that catagory and its official ,i renew every year.
Rod
Thanks Rod have had several talks with centre link and get different answers each time very frustrating.
As you have to make sure you are doing it all above board or if you have to go to them in another state they want to know what you are doing there cheers Red dog.
Write to centrelink and ask for answer's in writing to your question's
Thanks Guys going to put a day aside to go and see what the facts are at the moment all dressed up and nowhere to go cheers Dave.
Hi! Not sure what info you're after. We just finished travelling around Aus for 2 years with me on a disabailty pension with no problems. Unlike the dole, I didn't have to tell them where i was all the time I just had my postal adress changed to a good friends place & they collected our mail & sent it on to us. I asked Centrelink to handle most of my mail online & only post the important stuff.
If you want to claim rental allounce then it can be a hassle as you have to drop in every week or 2 with proof of where you stayed & maybe even with reciepts (depending which Centrelink you go to). Also as there isn't a specific form that covers your situation you may find every time you drop the form in they will scratch there heads then ask you to wait till someone can see you then you have an argument with them about it being the correct form.
It got to my nerves too much & I just stopped claiming rental allowence & never needed to get in touch with them again on the trip.
Hope this helps a little
Cheers
Jon
If something happens while away, nonpayment or something else, I would pop into the nearest centrelink office, or maybe make a phone call.
weve done 3 laps over the years and theyre made aware of each n every one before we set off,its official and its recorded.
ALL they ask is IF you get snail mail you supply a mailing address,thats certainly fair enough in my opinion.
its nothing to be concerned about BUT youre being very wise by talking to them and getting it recorded.
Happy Travells.. Rod
I'm on the DSP and don't understand why one would need to go into the Centrelink office. I haven't had to go there since my last review, about 3 years ago. I avoid them like the plague actually. I had a bad run with them several years ago, and ended up having a nervous breakdown because of them.
I get the online mail too, and I get rent allowance. Every couple of years, they send me a letter to ask if anything has changed. No, I say, and it just goes on as before. But I do have private rental, I don't know if that makes any difference. And I don't travel fulltime.
Just be aware that whatever info they give you, get the persons name and a reciept number. My daughter found that one out the hard way.
only time i tell them anything is when things change ie like they say in that letter that comes out some times
or if im out off the country travelling....
you do get the odd good people at centrlink ,but not always..
Thanks guys for all the info we have never had any trouble with centre link as such but most of you are not traveling full time we have sold our house (waiting on settlement ] and will have no solid contact point, so didnt no how one would go about getting things like licence renewals and new pension cards and so forth cheers Dave.
Dave, you may have to use a service like Landbase for your snail mail.
http://www.landbase.com.au/
I have been on a DSP for six yrs, the first two my wife was still workinf so had to report our income every two weeks as it was not a regular amount so mine was based on that.
When she finished we done all the required paper work & have not heard from them since & we have been travelling for the last four yrs. They just email us when there is a change in payment, nothing further.
That was what I was looking for thanks heaps Boroma for the info cheers Dave
-- Edited by Red Dog on Wednesday 4th of January 2012 12:56:32 PM
You are most welcome Dave, glad I could help.
Know the feeling well, met the b from hell in Dalby office, then really beautiful people at stones corner and woodridge. I find I ask questions after questions, and get peoples names, times, an whenever they ring us, I always have them on speaker phone so howie can take notes.
Will be claiming the rental allowance when we hit the road.
I had a very nice lady in Longreach in'09. Couldn't do enough for me.
Woodridge is where I've always gone Lynette. I didn't come across b****s, just found they mostly had no compassion. I think I only found two who were very compassionate.
I have dealt with centerlink in Stawell in Vic, Raymond Terrace, Port Macquarie and Inverell in NSW, Beaudesertand Browns Plains in Qld. and the service and friendliness was great from all of them.