Carer's Payment the facts, your rights!

I was reading an interesting article today in the "Sydney Morning Herald by Belinda Kontominas dated October 13, 2006", about a young couple and their very sick child diagnosed with cancer. The family recieves a Carers allowance and rental assistance each fortnight but also applied for a means tested carers payment only to be rejected from Centerlink because their child "was not sick enough". It seems that the medical condition of the child was not severe enough to be eligible for this payment. This is not a rare case. It is important to be informed following are some useful links.

So, What is the criteria? What are the facts? Following are some useful links about Centerlink Carers allowance and Carers payment .

Centerlink
National Welfare Rights Network

Knowledge is empowering!