Self help booklets
"Relationships & Centrelink" booklet
This booklet aims to assist people who are receiving income support
payments from Centrelink. It provides information regarding a person's
rights and obligations when being investigated for an alleged marriage-like
relationship, by Centrelink, and explains who is considered to be a "member
of a couple" for Social Security purposes.
This booklet is current until 31 July 2009
Tribunal self help booklets
The booklets entitled "Social Security Appeals Tribunal", and the
"Administrative Appeals Tribunal Social Security Self Advocacy Kit", provide
detailed information on how these tribunals operate and how people can best
represent themselves at the tribunals.
Appealing to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) and the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), is a person's legal right and it
costs nothing to appeal to these tribunals.
Appealing to the SSAT or AAT may directly benefit the person whose case
is being reviewed and may also be of benefit to others in the future. For
example the SSAT and the AAT, when hearing other cases, can make use of
important cases previously decided by the AAT. So if you win, others may
also benefit.
This guide is for people who disagree
with a Centrelink decision and want to do something about it. It
will also be useful for community workers and advocates who want
to help clients who have problems with Centrelink and who are
appealing to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal Social Security Self Advocacy kit
(This booklet is not available. It is under review)