I would like to know why it is that when buying a new car- declaring same to Centrelink, and telling them our bank account has reduced by the exact amount of the price of the car, why our pension had dropped by nearly $30 a fortnight!
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Centrelink often makes strange and incorrect decisions. You have to get in touch with them and ask for your pension $30 to be restored. If worse comes to worse, phone Welfare Rights in your state and they will help you.
They often make incorrect decisions. And the only thing to do is get it sorted, however stressful it is.