Department fought to deny disability pension to woman in chronic pain

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Natasha Thomson accrued a $5,000 credit card debt while living on $277 a week from Newstart

The Department of Social Services tried to prevent a woman who lives in pain “pretty much 24/7” from accessing the disability support pension, arguing she was fit for work because she volunteered at a children’s hospital.

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