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Government urged to review disability pension criteria and scrap ‘punitive compliance measures’
The report is the culmination of a months-long investigation that received more than 130 written submissions and held hours of public hearings. He heard a series of long-standing concerns about the administration of the payment, including that people have to “skip steps” during the application process and that it has been intentionally difficult to navigate. …
Disability pension claimants must be treated with dignity, rights commissioner says
Ben Gauntlett told the Senate inquiry into the object, intent and adequacy of the DSP on Monday that there was a need to “actively consider” whether the eligibility requirements and payment amount were “suitable for the goal”. Over the past few months, the Inquiry has heard a series of long-standing concerns about payment administration, and …