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GwynnSenior Contributor
There is currently a senate inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension.
Please consider making a submission before the 25th of June if you are on the DSP or have been knocked back for the DSP and you believe you should be on the DSP.
In response to: Disability Support Pension Senate Inquiry
chibamSenior Contributor
Hi @Gwynn 
I can sympathize with your situation. I've been terribly disappointed with the unbalanced input to the currant inquiry into Mental Health and Suicide. Virtually all of it's from therapists and/or treatment organizations; proportionally very, very little of it is from patients and sufferers - the real voices that need to be heard and orchestrating the government's policy.
I wish I could be of some assistance to your interests, but I'm not disabled and therefore have no meaningful input to contribute to a disability pension inquiry.
But I wish you all the best and hope that you can attract visable numbers to respond to this important inquiry.
In response to: Re: Disability Support Pension Senate Inquiry
GwynnSenior Contributor
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
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