What is unusual is the following letter published in this morning's DomPost;
Mr Hughes knows that he cannot legally deny an individual a benefit. ( Would that he could). But she could be reclassified as 'unemployed'. That would reduce her weekly 'pay' however, to which her response may very well be to go for a better paying 'job'. A domestic purposes beneficiary perhaps. She's only 43 after all. Having a baby now would just about see her through to Super. And that's assuming she doesn't already have other dependent children.
All bluff and bluster I'm afraid. The application of emphasis removes any misapprehension on the part of the reader.
"I can assure you that if Ms Stevens is not meeting the criteria for THIS benefit, it will be stopped."
8 comments:
Don't worry Lindsay, she won't make it through to super, baby or no baby. Diabetes or clogged arteries will get her well before that.
In a family we know their son has just got his girlfriend pregnant. They will not live together after the baby is born so she can go on the DPB. So it goes...on and on.
This has to stop.
Then they 'share custody' and BOTH get the dpb!!!
*retches*
Oswald, Some relief. They can't both get on it until there are two children and they 'split' custody. If each parent has at least one child in their full-time custody then both can qualify for the DPB.
And pay child support to each other out of it. Yes. What a joke.
The other side of WINZ
Today the pain got too much - WINZ client 323-170-397
Principal Richard Coutt,
Attn – Minister Bennett – Please add to our current discussions re WINZ refusing to recognise our **Equal Parenting** Orders which has destroyed our FAMILY.
CC, Keith (Key in your envelope)
CC, WINZ – Case worker – Email and hand delivered 18thFeb09
CC, Dr. Matti
Tuesday 17th Feb 09
Today I walked from my part-time School Job.
I have mostly enjoyed my time at the school and will miss much of it.
I thank-you Richard for giving me the opportunity to help fund Javan’s (Now 13) **Equal Parenting**.
WINZ have never recognised those FAMILY Court Orders and thus I saw the job as a way to save the **Equal Parenting** of Javan and thus tolerated the pain I was often in.
That ended up being a lie from WINZ as my income is now less than when you gave me the opportunity.
However today, as many days, was not good
I went to work with reflux pain and a degree of angina, even though I had had no breakfast which is what I do to help control at least the reflux.
Usually waiting to have breakfast until I get back home about 1045
I had already taken my normal pills, but it was not enough.
I took 2 more and Angina spray on the way to work.
Things subsided a bit
I got out of the car to be greeted by **Come and see me after you have done the fields**
I did the normal things I do, needing more pills and spray about half way around, opened school gates, put out football post protectors, picked up rubbish and lost property that I found on the way around.
Put the tractor away, emptied rubbish, put lost property in the appropriate place.
Went off to find the boss who had said he wanted to see me.
Well he moaned (His words) at me about a few things.
Apparently I was meant to vacuum Rm 5/6 toilets which I did not hear him say the day before and I told him that.
He also pointed out some plant rubbish which he informed me I had left out since Friday.
I reminded him that both days he had given me tasks which left me no time to finish what I was doing
He seemed to accept my explanation and we went about our normal tasks, a bit ruffled.
I got on with blowing the areas I had worked on the previous day as normal.
Jobs I can only do up till 0830
Keith came up to me and told me not to do what I was doing and to go and pick up the rubbish that had been left from the day before.
What I was doing was part of that and to do it his way was to do the job twice and of course would mean leaving the area I had worked on yesterday untidy for another day.
He informed me that the rubbish truck was coming at half past 9 which I already knew.
It was currently about 0815 so I had plenty of time having planned what I was doing the day before.
By now things were getting pretty heated between us and I told him to stick his job as his organising costs me time I don’t have and came home.
Sad really but inevitable.
I can’t work with the pain and the current system
My Doctor has given me several notices that I should not be working or mowing my own lawns which WINZ have sighted
It takes me 7/8 goes to do my own lawns because the reflux pain simply gets to much.
As I understand things I have 12hrs credit from way before Christmas when working extra hours requested by Mr Coutts.
I have at least 13 days holiday pay
I expect WINZ to return my benefit to at least the amount paid before I was tricked back to work – WINZ have all appropriate Doctors details.
I enclose the master Key in Keiths envelope
Jim Bailey
6 Lancaster Rd
Beach Haven
North Shore City
Ph 482-2960
Yep .. income splitting ... the new way to maximise income.
This trollop keeps some dipstick at winz in a job.
Dirk
She probably been transferred to the sickness benefit as we speak.
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