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Continuing saga. I just got rung by Centrelink this time, telling me I had been medically assessed, and although two of my conditions arent resolved, are still being treated and are ongoing, I can't be on a Medical Certificate anymore. Apparently because I work sometimes, or..
..because I've been on Medical Certificates for too long, I have to go to a disability JSP. I was told they have special abilities to get people into jobs that get us off Jobseeker payments. I asked what training do they have to do that, and was told it was a different...
..department so they didn't know. I said I'd heard bad things about disability JSPs, they said there was a complaint number I could ring if I needed to do so. I asked were complaints addressed, they said they didn't know. I asked how could they find me a job that puts up with..
..uneven work capacity, that pays me enough to get off jobseeker, when I haven't found a job like that myself? The only jobs available are exactly like the one I have, that they don't recognise. The answer is, we don't fit into the system, but by God, the government will hound..
.us until we either give up, get sick enough to qualify for DSP, or die. If you are on #Jobseeker, you better be well enough, able enough, and lucky enough to get a job that pays you enough to get off it, or you'll be punished until you do @SenatorSiewert @AusUnemployment #auspol
