Centrelink stands by decision to reject shark victim pension scheme’s application for funding
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The Abbott Government has defended its decision to reject a scheme to give pensioners with shark bites a pension to help them cope with their situation.
It has told the ABC it was the Department of Human Services (DHS) that approved the application for funding by the Shark Victims’ Pension Service.
The decision comes after an ABC investigation revnatyasastra.comealed the Shark Victim Pension Service, a voluntary scheme set up by former government ministers, is also in conflict of interest and cou더킹카지노ld be using the same taxpayer dollars.
The NSW Government’s Shark Killer’s Pension Scheme was launched in 2014 and claims to help victims of shark attacks.
It claims to be «a system for assisting victims of shark attacks with post-traumatic stress disorder, a service of high priority to victims of shark attacks themselves».
NSW Government rejects plans to fund Shark Victim Pension to assist shark victims
The funding of the scheme came after reports of claims on social media by people who said they had been affected by sharks, resulting in the Shark Victim Pension Service being asked by the Department of Human Services to investigate.
The investigation is currently running and no charges have been laid at this stage.
The decision is also surprising given the $14 million in taxpayers’ money set aside in the budget to fight global warming.
NSW Government said it had received no threat reports about the $14 million
Labor Opposition Leader Luke Foley said the Government was not playing fair.
«It is a massive disservice to the people of NSW and Queensland,» he said.
The Government has told ABC the new funding decision was made by the Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Sharks.
It says it had approved a grant of more than $7 million over two years from the Department of Human Services for the Shark Victims’ Pension Service, which had been set up by then minister and then minister for veterans affairs, Nigel Scullion.
«After considering the benefits of the grant and having fully considered the application and the recommendation of the Ministerial Advisory더킹카지노 Committee, the Government has concluded that the Sharks Pension Scheme in its current form is not in the best interests of the community,» it said.
Dr Foley says it was always in the community’s best interests to have a good pool of pensioners for shark recovery.
«It’s absolutely outrageous that the government should go in and cut down a lifesaving program and turn a blind eye to this potentially devastating shark bite treatment.