tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post4515412281059759011..comments2024-03-10T00:38:42.248+11:00Comments on CopperWitch: Centrelink exists so people have something to hate more than Politicians!JahTehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-69972311660892172842019-04-14T17:01:23.897+10:002019-04-14T17:01:23.897+10:00River, love it that when you do get to Centrelink ...River, love it that when you do get to Centrelink and they say use our computer just because the letter or document says use computer. I want to talk to a person.<br /><br /><br />El Chi, everyone says to me, get the name or number of the person behind the counter but that's fine when the memory remembers after remembering the problem you were there for. I usually go blank when I'm miles away and having a coffee.<br /><br /><br />Cheryl, turn over staff happens in a nano second and it doesn't matter what number or name you were given. Computers should not be used for people's problems, we need a person who's been there.<br /><br /><br />Cathy, I'm a bit late answering comments but nothing gets done now with an election on the way. They're all too busy thinking up lies about each other. A gold medal goes to the panel show that puts Pauline Hanson, Bob Katter and Clive Palmer in the same room. I would really love that.<br /><br /><br />Andrew, it's the rules, they keep changing the rules. If greedy Mercy Health had done the right thing and informed them of mother's death, the extra pension would not have gone into the bank and I'd have had no trouble. <br /><br /><br />Beth, all finished now and I'd kept that payment because I knew this would happen so it's back to them. I am now working on my will so they won't get anything.<br /><br /><br />Annie O, great idea but concrete can't be stolen like a brick. I have a Bunnings list but I have to book the ute driver and the two never seem to go together. <br />Besides I'm too busy looking for Christmas presents, that's important for dear friends.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-811905281610496492019-04-07T17:55:36.674+10:002019-04-07T17:55:36.674+10:00'no doubt I'll get a letter right in the m...'no doubt I'll get a letter right in the middle of the election fight'<br />the way our world is going, you'll be lucky to not get a heavy doorknock in the middle of the damn night'<br /><br />Before you drag a bag of cement home, try my trick of tying the flowers to a brick<br /><br />I concur with Andrew & with Beth above. Love from the bushAnn ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-8648543396648114682019-04-06T22:06:46.095+11:002019-04-06T22:06:46.095+11:00Dear JahTeh, please seek assistance from the good ...Dear JahTeh, please seek assistance from the good doctor and anyone else with alphabets attached to their names. My niece-the-attorney does pro-bono work involving mortal nobodies vs. immortal entities (such as hospitals). Apparently an "inquiry" made on legal letterhead achieves quicker results than complaints delivered neatly typed on plain stationery...<br /><br />Pity one can't divvy up this mess so that your sibling receives her fair portion.Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-74507003641387920982019-04-05T09:07:07.089+11:002019-04-05T09:07:07.089+11:00I don't know why Centrelink is so hopeless. It...I don't know why Centrelink is so hopeless. It is a broken system that can't even deal with one person's death, never mind how many on its books die each day. It is no wonder people are now employing expert third parties to deal with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-3636119951829058862019-04-04T20:06:13.025+11:002019-04-04T20:06:13.025+11:00Oh my goodness if it's not one thing it's ...Oh my goodness if it's not one thing it's another - enough to drive you to drink eh?<br />Seriously I really hope this palaver you are having with Centrelink is over soon. It sounds as if it will take a lot of effort on your part to get it sorted. Maybe if they continue to give you the run around a trip to your local member might hurry things along<br />Take care<br />CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487589871746402154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-43975259906678801852019-04-04T16:48:10.578+11:002019-04-04T16:48:10.578+11:00Government cutbacks in funding Centrelink, as well...Government cutbacks in funding Centrelink, as well as the incompetence of its management are to blame for making your stressful situation worse. I think I would follow Elephant Child's wise advice.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345889650251245750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-73074698773656144302019-04-04T16:25:29.452+11:002019-04-04T16:25:29.452+11:00In a previous incarnation I worked for Centrelink ...In a previous incarnation I worked for Centrelink (before it was called that). As successive guvermints cut the staff and insist that more work is done by less people things like this and the obscenity that is Robodebt will continue to happen. Hiss and spit. Appeal all the way. Outsourcing call centres is another source of error. Back in the day the person who did the work took the call. And was required to write it up.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-89337115196583375932019-04-04T16:10:53.989+11:002019-04-04T16:10:53.989+11:00Is it possible they handpick Centrelink staff from...Is it possible they handpick Centrelink staff from the hundreds of school dropouts? How can things go so wrong when you go in there and gives forms and dates etc which get entered in your file so there they are for all workers to see.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com