Australian welfare: we don’t care about full time students

Filed under: GearGOD's

Today I called up centrelink to ask them for some financial help as I’m really starting to feel the pressure of studying full time and trying to pay for rent and bills and food. My parents don’t support me. I had to drop one of my 4 subjects this semester so I can work 2 days a week and barely keep up with my expenses. Sounds like some help is in order, right?

Wrong.
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Tags: centrelink, education, politics, students, uni, welfare