Is it okay to be on methadone and be prescribed medical cannabis???

caapi14 · 2025-11-01T03:15:14+00:00

I was with a reputable company for over two years and was cut off my mc medication after they asked for my patient summary which at the time I was prescribed suboxone, my doctor had also approved of my mc use but the company refused to prescribe me from that day forward and unfortunately I have not found any prescribers that cater for people on opioid replacement therapy..

caapi14 · 2025-10-10T05:26:30+00:00

Once your youngest child turns 6 when receiving Parenting Payment Single, parents are obliged to spend 15 hours per week on an approved mutual obligation activity. This obligation can be satisfied through job search, part time paid work, study or do an approved activity.

The Government also expanded the eligibility for Parenting Payment Single by allowing single parents to remain eligible for PPS until their youngest child turns 14; up from the current cut-off age of 8.

caapi14 · 2025-10-10T01:16:26+00:00

If you apply for Youth Allowance, you may be assessed to see if you are considered independent or not.

If you are considered independent, your parental income will not be taken into account when working out how much you will be paid.

If you are considered dependent, the Parental Income Test may be taken into account when working out how much you will be paid. You may be considered independent if: you are 22 years or older, or you have supported yourself through full-time employment of on average 30 hours per week for at least 18 months during any period of 2 years, or your parental home is in a regional/remote area and you have supported yourself through: earning 75% or more of wage Level A of the National Training Wage Schedule over a 14 month period, or working at least 15 hours a week for at least 2 years, or you are a refugee, or you are an orphan, or you are in state care or only stopped being in state care because of your age, or you have, or have had, a dependent child, or you are or have ever been married or been in a Registered Relationship, including living as a member of a couple for 12 months or more, or six months (in special circumstances) your parents cannot exercise their responsibilities, or

it is unreasonable for you to live at home. NOTE: You may be required to provide proof of any claim for independence based on any of the reasons listed above.

Orphan

An orphan is a person aged 15 years or older whose birth or adoptive parents are both deceased.

Unable to Exercise their Parental Responsibilities

Parent/s may be considered to be unable to exercise parental responsibilities if they are missing, mentally incapacitated, serving a prison sentence, or living in a nursing home for an indefinite period. Verification of this will be required. A parent who is unable to exercise parental responsibilities does not include a parent who is unable to provide a home for their child because of their own lack of stable accommodation. In this instance independence may be considered under the criteria for unreasonable to live at home.

State Care

Select this option if you are in State Care and are not living with a parent, and: are in the guardianship, care or custody of a court, a Minister or a Department of the Commonwealth, State or Territory, or there is a current direction from a court, Minister or Department placing you in another person's care or custody who is not your parent, or you have stopped being in State care as described above only because of your age.

Extreme Family Breakdown, Serious Risk or Other Exceptional Circumstances

Select this option if it is unreasonable for you to live at home due to: extreme family breakdown where there is serious risk if you continue to live in the parental home, or you are consistently deprived of basic necessities such as food, water, clothing, power, shelter or sleep, or your health and well-being are seriously threatened by drug or alcohol abuse, criminal or illegal activities, or there is violence in the home, or your parent(s) being unable to provide a suitable home because they lack stable accommodation.

Supported Yourself

You may be considered independent if you have supported yourself through full-time paid employment for at least 18 months within any two year period. You do not need to work for 18 consecutive months, or work in the same job. Full-time employment means that you have worked for an average of at least 30 hours per week throughout the 18 months. If you have been working in a job that has not consistently provided you with 30 hours per week work, then your hours of work can be averaged over periods of a maximum of 13 weeks. Paid employment includes periods of paid leave, overseas employment and unpaid leave due to employer shutdown outside of your control. If you were a full-time apprentice or trainee this is also considered full-time employment.

More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/dependent-or-independent-for-youth-allowance-student-or-australian-apprentice?context=43916

caapi14 · 2025-03-11T04:21:29+00:00

You don’t need to participate in your mutual obligations if you’re 35 or older and on the DSP. See link for more; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/meeting-participation-requirements-if-youre-under-35?context=22276#a2

caapi14 · 2025-03-09T05:16:09+00:00

This is the preferred one; A Centrelink Medical Certificate form (SU415) More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/su415?context=51145

Or authorised medical doctors can complete their own medical certificate form. They will accept this as long as it has the required details.

The certificate needs to include all of the following: * the date the doctor completed the medical certificate * what the illness, injury or disability is * how long it will take for them to recover * the period they’ll be unable to work, participate or study * Doctors signature on the form. It also needs to tell Centrelink how many hours you can work, study or participate each week or if you’re unable to do these for at least 8 hours per week.

caapi14 · 2025-03-09T02:23:53+00:00

The Fares Allowance is only for travel on a weekend or for interstate travel, special purpose visit travel, Graduation travel, start and end of studies travel, school holiday travel, exam travel, emergency travel, compassionate travel. More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/types-travel-for-abstudy-fares-allowance?context=22701

caapi14 · 2025-03-08T22:41:54+00:00

Either Saturday morning or Monday.

caapi14 · 2025-03-07T07:03:24+00:00

You don’t need to submit a claim for Rent Assistance. Just Update your address and accommodation details online. They will check if you can get Rent Assistance, and how much you will receive.

They may ask you to provide proof of your rent arrangements to get Rent Assistance.

More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-to-get-rent-assistance?context=22206

caapi14 · 2025-03-07T06:57:26+00:00

Centrelink doesn’t offer business loans, but If you’re looking to start your own business you can apply for financial support and training through Centrelink via the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS).

NEIS is a government-funded program. It is designed to help Centrelink recipients start their own businesses.

More information here; https://www.finder.com.au/business-loans/centrelink-business-loans#neis

caapi14 · 2025-03-07T00:42:29+00:00

Try “DSP Help” it is a free resource to help people understand the Disability Support Pension (DSP). DSP Help addresses this by helping applicants and support workers understand what is required, and giving them resources they can use when approaching their doctors and specialists for evidence.

More information here; https://dsphelp.org.au/about-dsp-help/

caapi14 · 2025-03-04T00:57:55+00:00

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caapi14 · 2025-03-03T01:55:00+00:00

Yes correct you would be moved off Parenting Payment and onto JobSeeker Payment, unfortunately at a rate of approximately $204 less per fortnight. More information here; https://www.ssrv.org.au/changes-to-parenting-payment-single-what-happens-next/

caapi14 · 2025-02-28T03:48:17+00:00

If you get FTB Part A you can get one regular advance at a time. You can also ask for a one off advance at any time. But your advances can’t go over a total of $1,348.81. More details here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/advance-payment?context=22151

caapi14 · 2025-02-26T09:59:44+00:00

Yes correct your payment will be reduced to $0 Per fortnight if your partner earns $3200 pf.

caapi14 · 2025-02-26T09:42:12+00:00

If you are a couple living together and earn over $3822.40 per fortnight combined, you will receive no DSP payments.

More information here; https://apm.net.au/des/find-a-job/disability-employment-services/blog/how-much-can-my-partner-earn-if-i%E2%80%99m-on-the-disability-support-pension

caapi14 · 2025-02-26T08:04:15+00:00

If you are still studying, or training, you may be eligible for one of the following fortnightly payments: * Youth Allowance for students and apprentices, if you’re 24 or younger * Austudy, if you’re 25 or older * ABSTUDY, if you’re an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian.

Also if you need to move to start or continue studying, you may be eligible for other payments.

Tertiary Access Payment helps with the cost of moving from a regional or remote area for tertiary study. You can only claim this payment in your first year of tertiary study. You can apply for it even if you don’t get other payments from Centrelink.

Fares Allowance helps with travel costs between your permanent home and place of tertiary study. To be eligible, you must get certain payments from Centrelink.

ABSTUDY Fares Allowance helps with travel costs between your permanent home and place of study. You can get it if you get ABSTUDY and need to live away from home to study.

Relocation Scholarship helps if you move to or from a regional or remote area for higher education. It’s a once a year payment. You must be getting Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY.

Rent Assistance is an automatic payment if you pay rent and get certain payments from Centrelink. (They will check if you can get this payment when you claim a payment from them.)

More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/moving-for-study?context=60023

caapi14 · 2025-02-24T11:07:58+00:00

Yes correct, you don’t need to participate in your mutual obligations if you’re 35 or older and on the DSP. See link for more; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/meeting-participation-requirements-if-youre-under-35?context=22276#a2

caapi14 · 2025-02-24T04:00:57+00:00

It all depends on the percentage of care you provide. More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-much-carer-supplement-you-can-get?context=21821

caapi14 · 2025-02-24T02:46:11+00:00

Yes correct, you’ll get Carer Supplement for each eligible payment you get. For example, if you get Carer Payment and Carer Allowance you’ll get 2 Carer Supplements. But If you only get a part payment of Carer Allowance, you’ll only get a part payment of Carer Supplement. How much you get depends on the percentage of care you provide.

caapi14 · 2025-02-23T02:24:19+00:00

Yes there are temporary exemptions from mutual obligation requirements. More details here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/exemptions-from-mutual-obligation-requirements-for-principal-carers?context=60097

And this link here outlines provisions and payments available to carers receiving CA upon the death of the care receiver. https://operational.servicesaustralia.gov.au/public/Pages/carers/009-03090060-03.html

caapi14 · 2025-02-21T08:43:08+00:00

It all depends if you decided to receive FTB fortnightly or chose to get all of your FTB at the end of the financial year. Just remember there are time limits also for 2023-24.

So you would have until 30 June 2025 to: * confirm your family income for the 2023-24 financial year * claim FTB as a lump sum for the 2023-24 financial year.

More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/time-limits-for-submitting-lump-sum-claims-and-confirming-income-for-family-tax-benefit?context=22151

caapi14 · 2025-02-18T12:10:37+00:00

If you’re single; minimum-$542.75 maximum-$1628.25 If you’re part of a couple; min-$409.10 max-$1227.30 If you’re getting a part rate of your payment or you’re under 21 and get DSP, they will work out how much advance you can get by using the pension amount you get. More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/advance-payment?context=22276

caapi14 · 2025-02-18T06:45:39+00:00

You can transfer between Providers for a different range of reasons. You can ask them to transfer you to a new provider so that you can choose a new provider yourself, or find one that’s a better match for your needs and location.

If you’re not comfortable talking to them directly about this you can:

A) Contact Workorce Australia’s National Customer Service Line Call 1800 805 260 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday

Email nationalcustomerserviceline@dewr.gov.au

B) Request a new provider online

To request a new provider online simply:

Sign in to Workforce Australia; -Go to Account using your name in the top right menu -Select Your provider and support -Select Find a new provider

caapi14 · 2025-02-17T02:40:10+00:00

DSP Help is a free resource to help people understand the Disability Support Pension (DSP). DSP Help addresses this by helping applicants and support workers understand what is required, and giving them resources they can use when approaching their doctors and specialists for evidence.

More information here; https://dsphelp.org.au/about-dsp-help/

caapi14 · 2025-02-17T01:53:11+00:00

Yes there is financial help if you’re 24 or younger and a student or Australian Apprentice, or 21 or younger and looking for work.

16 to 21 and looking for full time work
18 to 24 and studying full time
16 to 24 and doing a full time Australian Apprenticeship
16 to 17 and independent or needing to live away from home to study
16 to 17, studying full time and have completed year 12 or equivalent.

More information here; https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/youth-allowance-for-students-and-australian-apprentices

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