Wednesday, 9 August 2006

Centrelink Schmentrelink

CENTRELINK has admitted it badly handled the case of a 16-year-old boy with leukaemia who was refused a disability support pension following "an unfortunate breakdown in communications".

'Centrelink admits poor handling of cancer boy', The Australian, August 9, 2006
Um, yeah, I think they did handle it badly. And what's with The Australian calling him 'cancer boy' in their title?

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