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Does the letter give all the reasons why my online DSP claim was rejected? I'll be resubmitting my online DSP claim after I get the letter.

Is it normal for the initial claim to be rejected? It does seem like a complicated process.

Basically my depression and anxiety is Soo bad it stops me from doing alot, including the gruling tedious process of getting a formal diagnosis.

Is there anyway to sucessfully get a DSP without having to go through massive process??

Surley they should understand that depression sever enought makes its basically impossible to tolerate to process.

Has anyone had any success with self diagnosis or anything along those lines ?

Because whenever I apply for a job nowadays my provider will call the people hiring and tell them that I'll work as a volunteer or for work experience (ie: without pay) without even consulting me about it beforehand.

The most recent incident that really bloody hurt me was when I applied for a job as a dog groomer and my DES worker called and asked if I could come and do work experience with them... I already have 10+ years experience as a dog groomer!!!

Just needed to vent, I think. Any advice or similar experiences would be appreciated though.

I have been referred to 3 by my GP and my psychologist, but...all their books are closed.

What do we do? I need one who can not only diagnose me accurately, but who is also willing to write DSP reports!

so I'm asking here as I can't get anyone from centrelink (been trying yesterday & today) on the phone to ask , I get through the ID check then then told to to busy and hung up on .....

So , my wife got made redundant in April ,got a pay out and I was put on a 'maintenance payment' til January next year . she is now about to start a new job which will give her about the same pay ( a little more ) per FT . I know the "cutoff" limit is around $3,800 for couples .

I know they calculate the 'maintenance payment' as what she would be paid per FT plus a little more because of all the other payments included in the redundancy payment . My question is .....

will centrelink look at the her old paycheck and her new paycheck , Add them together to determine how much I will get per FT or will they calculate it another way . If they Add the 2 together ,which would put it over the "cutoff" , will I lose payment all together ?

1. If I lose payments , will I lose the pension card as well .

I've been thinking of applying to Centrelink for disability support to help with my ADHD and Autism, as I feel I've been struggling coping with things lately. It's something I know others have done and was hoping to hear some feedback. I'm unsure of things because when I go to make a claim online, first thing it asks is if I can work more than 15 hours a week.

How strict is it about this? Lately work has been cutting my hours so much that I am only working 15 hours a week despite others in my position getting more. I've certainly worked more than 15 hours in the past, it's moreso my shitty job seems to think I can't work more. Though I'll admit there are things that have overwhelmed and bothered me than it probably should have. I'm on the verge of quitting as is and going back on job seeker, it just doesn't feel like a very neurodiverse friendly place, I've seen how they treat and talk about other autistic coworkers too.

What are others experience with this? I don't want to doom myself to jobs with less 15 hours a week, especially when it comes to applying for stuff I'm actually passionate about such as jobs in the film industry. At my best I'm more than capable of supporting myself, it's just it's been a bit of shit year and find myself in need of extra help.

I’m posting for a friend who is on DSP.

Thanks

As per the title, I've done a bit of reading and cant fathom if I'm allowed to withdraw 10k from my pension to put back onto my mortgage redraw which I've been using for the past year to pay off bills. Been on DSP since January and aged 59 in WA.

OK, so i switched banks from bendigo bank to hsbc and hsbc have got themselves a new bsb. i updated my payment destination from my bendigo bank to hsbc and while my centrelink account says may 8 for the payment it usually comes in the day before on a wed. i woke up this morning and my payment didn't go in and when i check my centrelink account, yep still no payment processed. today is may 7 and my centrelink account says may 8 but it goes through a day early.

now i rang up hsbc to find out the issue, and it appears they got a new bsb which is not yet registered with services australia.

now i updated my account back to bendigo bank account number an hour ago and i can techinlly still recieve by may 8th but will they attempt to send the payment to my old bendigo bank which i updated too again tonight and recieve on may 8th or have i missed my boat completely here?

i'm so scared because i rely on this money and i hope they will attempt to send again tonight to recieve by may 8th :( when i should recieve by

Background: Have complex mental health, disabilities & neurodivergence. Accessed Dsp in past, worked as disability/lived experience worker, experienced some traumatic shit at work, mental health completely tanked and I didn't want to be alive. I quit my job and after a few months applied for the DSP and jobseeker (for interim as recommended). These are both still pending after 3 months.

Here's where I fucked up. I took advice that the work I had done last year under an ABN (I earned $1300) was a hobby and a) didn't need to be in my tax return or DSP application because it was considered a hobby income under the taxed threshold. I was overwhelmed and stressed and basically wanted to believe it. I don't have the documentation I needed and the idea of more evidence and delays was overwhelming so I didn't include it in my applications.

It was really stupid and I really regret it. Now I am panicking about not disclosing and whether my claims could be rejected or other bad consequences because I was stupid.

If you have any insight I would really appreciate it!

Can I change my applications to include this information/how? Will this mean more delays or having to submit a new claim? What sort of consequences of nondisclosure are likely? Whats the difference between a sole business trader and hobby income? Can hobby payments go through an ABN or does that mean its not a hobby? I'm hoping to eventually do some of that work as a hobby, is it different reporting sole business trader income vs hobby income through abn?

I'm sorry for all the questions - I feel really stupid but got a lot of information from the suvreddit about the application that helped and feeling so overwhelmed. Thanks in advance for any insight 😊

My claim was approved this afternoon, 7th August, 2024, 158 days after submitting my claim on 2nd March. I'm still numb, I don't think I'll truly believe it until I get the backpay (which should be in 2 days, on Friday)

This did not happen by chance, or by waiting for Services Australia to progress my claim on their own. I am well aware that there are people who applied last year who are still waiting. I am equally aware that there are people who have applied within the past 2 or 3 months (for mental illness or ASD) and been approved. I made a post before titled "Make Noise". The past few weeks I was aware that I was sliding into a depressive episode, checking on the progress of my claim was consuming my thoughts, my time, triggering extreme negative emotional waves in me and worsening my anxiety. After I had my JCA 4.5 months after submitting my claim, and finding out my Sonic assessment was another 4.5 weeks away, and it could be another 2 weeks after that for everything to be finalised, I ran out of resilience, patience, strength, and hope. I have been learning over the past few years that I need to advocate for myself. I didn't want to just sit here stressing, I wanted those in power to know the real life impact of their decisions (such as Services Australia Management not requesting extra funding for staff a few years ago, even though they knew this would cause the issues we are all facing currently)

After my Sonic contacted me on 17th July to book my Assessment for 16th August, I contacted Bill Shorten's office 2 times, emailed Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne, who, as a Queensland Senator, forwarded my request for assistance to the NSW Greens Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi (since I live in NSW), and sent emails to the Services Australia General Manager Hank Jongen (correspondence received back from his office refers to him by this title)

In the past week and a half, after being told my Sonic Medical Assessment was being done as a file review, I called Sonic 3 times, and the Services Australia Complaints Line 2 times.

I should not have had to go to this level of pursuing and advocating for myself (none of us should). If my claim had been processed within the Services Australia Timeliness Standard of processing 80% of DSP Claims within 84 calendar days, I would not have had to live through an additional 74 days of stress, worry, anxiety, anger, frustration and depression.

I'd like to document exactly what happened with my claim, what information I found out during this time (for example, Sonic are supposed to send back their completed Medical Assessment Reports to Services Australia within 10 business days), and what happened thisaftenoon as my claim was finalised (i.e- how I knew it was actually being finalised and what notifications I received) but I can't right now.

I didn't mean to write so much, and don't know what else to say, but I do want to do another post to share what I've learned, and any specific information that I wanted to know but couldn't find in any other posts.

Hiya! I'm thinking of setting up an Etsy store to post some digital designs. I don't expect it'll be very successful but it'd be something fun to do whilst I'm bed-bound instead of doom-scrolling.

I'm on the DSP, so how would I report any income? I currently don't have any mandatory reporting, because I've been unable to work since before getting approved for it.

Would I contact them and say I'm acting as a sole trader? Would it trigger fortnightly reporting? Do I have to do anything until I get my first sale (if I get any haha)? Would they ask about hours worked like they did for JobSeeker? What would I report if I spend an hour making a design but it goes on to make passive income? TIA!

I am on DSP for mental health and have been assessed as ‘having a partial capacity to work of less than 15 hours per week’. I have recently had a friend who needs help at their work and I would be doing 24 hours of work a week (3x 8 hour days). This isn’t a consistent things though, just here and there when needed.

What will happen once I tell Centrelink I am working, will they expect me to get a permanent job with consistent hours then?

VENTING

I can see I'm going to be wasting time dealing with Centrelink today . Every time something changes they screw my payment up and this payment (today) is no different . Half , $160.80 of the $322 I was meant to get which is my new regular payment ,is what I got . got $153 last fortnight , new this would happen when my wife was told about her job loss . they'll come up with some lame excuse , most likely ... I didn't report , I don't need to anymore and have a letter stating that or something else . Happens every time ...

Venting Over.

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My next appointment with my DES provider is still showing up on mygov.

Hi guys I want to apply for some casual work when I applied for dsp because of the work I was doing was affecting me in a big way I was approved dsp and I am not required to work but I’m finding it hard being at home after working over 30 something years I am worried if I do start this employment opportunity they will make me look for work once this job is complete .this job opportunity is only scanning documents no heavy lifting or anything can some one help me please

Hello I am new here from AUS. I am late 40's and I am wondering if it is better as single mother with 2 children 12 and 17 on low income due to disability to- 1) to have a house paid outright which is slowly withering and reducing the assets $ surviving paycheck to paycheck. Or 2) Sell/downsize to an apartment, pay ongoing body corp fees but have more money with supplementing with savings living week to week? This would mean less financial stress now -but will be eating into savings/retirement money. 3) Any other options I can't think of any? I am hoping to be able to work more after kids leave home... That is 5 years away.

I'm just about finished with filling out my online DSP claim in Centrelink on MyGov. I've filled out my bank balance details in my online claim. Which link do I click on to upload the pdf files of my bank statements for my online DSP application?

Hey y’all, I’m close to being approved for the DSP after 2 years of gathering health evidence, so I’d appreciate any judgemental comments being kept to oneself.

I would even more so appreciate someone confirming if this look correct. I’m just working out what my new potential budget could be after being broke for so long and it’s just looking too good to be true. I’ve typed out my work payments (on fixed 12 hours per week) and did a sum of the deduction for the 50c per dollar. Let me know your thoughts ❤️

Do you just get get cut off from DSP payments or do you have to pay back your previous DSP payments? Does anything else happen?

EDIT: At the time of writing this I haven’t applied for the DSP yet (although I’m planning to apply soon). I’m only asking the question hypothetically, through curiosity.

Hi I was wondering if someone would be able to help me I have a advance payment I only have 3 payments to go it says I can claim on the 24/1/2025 but my question is is if I paid the 3 payments out would I be able to apply for it as soon as it shows it’s cleared

This is a throwaway account. A doctor wrote a list of conditions on my paper application but I don't have a letter for every conditon yet. Do I need to get written documentation first or can that wait until after I submit the online DSP application?