CENTRELINK CUTS PAYMENTS by Harley Dennett
http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=7891 (http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=7891)
A Centrelink decision to reduce a pre-operative transsexual lesbian's pension because she was in a relationship with another woman has been overturned by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Samantha Scafe lodged an appeal when Centrelink claimed she was in a "marriage-like relationship" with her partner Colleen Smith and gave her the partnered rate of disability support pension, less than the single rate. The pair did not deny being in a relationship.