omg i hate centrelink! agreed?

You do have a point here. I should point out first that I did kind of make that remark in a state of frustration and probably didn't think it through clearly. I am sorry if that seemed unfair; I just thoroughly analysed my own situation, and that of every full time university student that I know and couldn't conceive a way that they would have enough time to work full time, especially when one takes into consideration the fact that comparably few places are open outside of standard working hours.



In my defence, I think I copped a considerably larger portion of the unfairness in this thread than I dealt. Not everyone may agree with me on this, but that is honestly my view. I don't believe I made any other unfair or untrue statements, and I still do feel that even though there are exceptions such as your husband, it is true for most university students that full time work is nigh impossible.

HOWEVER

Even though I was actually responding to what I felt was a great deal of unfairness directed towards me and other university students (particularly those of my age, for whom full time work is hard enough to get, and pays poorly). I do understand though that it is neither right nor acceptable to respond to unfairness with unfairness so I apologise for that. My frustration at being insulted and offended, combined with my frustration at the impossibility of my situation may have got the better of me.

I hope this doesn't sound rude, and i'm not judging anyone who uses centrelink - i think if u need it then it's fair to use it. But just to be able to use it is extremly lucky. In developing countries people would be dreaming getting a cent from their goverment. I know centrelink can be annoying but i think it is extremly ungreatful to complain at all. We are so lucky to be Australian and able to get benefits.

i agree with this, even though i have been screwed around by them at times and so has a few family members its only because after the years of been scammed by so many people just to get money they have started to be stricter to the extent that sometimes they do make it hard for those who actually need it.

That been said centerlink payments are not there for people to live off, its there to help you get back on your feet and find work and try offer support.

i'm sure some of the workers there would love to give certain people more money or some less but they have to follow what they are been told to do and unfortunately centerlink are still behind in how much living actually cost these days  which is why it seems ridiculous that people have to live of such a small amount.

I love centerlink I'm a full time student and have worked along side getting centrelink allowance throughout my studies.

I know that lots of people have had bad experiences with centrelink. But I guess mine has always been good.

I don't feel bad taking it. I'm studying to be an actively contributing member of society and so I am eligible to receive the payments.

Man I wish I was a lazy tree hugging hippy! How sweet would life be if I could just go about my merry little vegan ways without needing a job cos im getting money from the government!

I know exactly how good I've got it in the beautiful country of ours. Hence why I try to contribute positively and give back what I've been given

Peace and love guys!

I've been looking for a job for almost 2 months now. I have sent off many, many, many applications and only got 2 interviews out of it. I haven't worked in 3 years, so I can understand potential employers being hesitant about me. I have legitimate reasons for not working for such a long time, unfortunately mental illness and having nightmares about being sexually harassed by former work colleagues doesn't really count, so I'm not involved with Centrelink, I don't want to get involved with them. My b/f is currently trying to get payments from Centrelink and they have made it really difficult for him. He has to now wait a month before he can get a response... and until then he's scraping by.

I work full time, and have 2 part time jobs, and do full time uni. But I study at home so it makes it viable. I use the term viable loosely though haha.

How on earth does that work? haha

I start uni mid year and will be doing full time uni and full time work, I have no idea how you could also have 2 part time jobs on top of that!

I don't want to waste my time on a part time job for terrible money when centrelink can provide me enough to live on while studying (i use the word waste because the majority of retail jobs won't help me in my future career). Plus I doubt my gpa would be as high if I juggled a job with Uni, I have no reason to. If someone thinks it's lazy not to put more stress while studying, you obviously don't know enough about higher academic learning.

There is nothing wrong with accepting youth allowance while studying, if it helps our education then i see no legitimate reason again it. It's not like every student gets youth allowance it's only if they are on low income, better education benefits everyone. There was a time when families from an academic background could only attend university, now with so many plans everyone gets an equal opportunity if that's the career path they choose.

At the moment, supporting my mum financially is more important than my uni work, hence so much extra work on top of my full time job. It has to be done unfortunately, but it's not easy.

I didn't know your brother was the average student and everything should be based on him. Stop wasting time and trying to provoke a response, because you've had a bad day doesn't mean you can take it out on others. You can't expect anyone to take what you say seriously considering how immature your acting.