I found out someone was claiming single when they were in a relationship for 3.5 years . I have legal documents stating they were in this relationship. Would it be worth while contacting Centrelink or just leave it as the ship has sailed?
I found out someone was claiming single when they were in a relationship for 3.5 years . I have legal documents stating they were in this relationship. Would it be worth while contacting Centrelink or just leave it as the ship has sailed?
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That's up to you. Centrelink have shown they'll go back years to recover a dollar.
Are you prepared if they find out who reported them? If you give Clink documents & they use them it'll be obvious & you'll cop flak. Weirdly, the only person people seem to hate more than a tax/Centrelink cheat is the person who reported them.
I get it though, I've friends who rort tax by claiming everything personal (I mean EVERYTHING) through their business. It drives me insane but I'd never report them.
It’s none of your business what people claim on tax. I am an accountant and you cannot claim “everything” 🙄. Do they show you their returns? No, didn’t think so.
My own sister has been living as a 'single mum' on a single parent pension for 20 yrs with 5 kids , when in actual fact she lives with the kids father and he earns great money in the Mines. It's fucking disgusting how greedy she is . She's even gone as far as to leave the kids dad off their birth certs so theres no paper trail for Centrelink. I haven't spoken to her in 3 years when i found thus out. And yes i did report her 3 years ago because its a hell of a lot of rorted money . As far as I'm aware C/Link did nothing as she's still living this way.
I doubt this is true. 🙄
Why do you doubt it's true? It was really common 20 years ago for FIFO families to claim single parents Im sure some of them still do it. Not the poster of this comment by the way just found your reply naive.
Ha Ha. Right O , know - it - all. So she's your sister too, and you were there all these years? You are fucking delusional if you think this shit doesn't go on!
I see it all the time, my sister in law has been doing so for over 10 years now. They just say he lives elsewhere
Why the hell do u have someone elses legal documents?!
It's my legal document with their details on it as well
Not your monkey not your circus.
You should never assume anything about others finances etc. we only control our own actions in life. It’s not your place to make judgements on who deserves what. Would creating financial stress for another family help you sleep better?
How about the financial stress the people doing the right thing are under?
So everyone should rort the welfare system because they're entitled to not live within their means?
Stay in your own lane...
If they are truly rorting the system I’m sure they will get caught in due time.
Don’t pretend to know someone else’s circumstances.
Bullshit. How many are only caught due to a tip off.
Every single one counts.
If they were living together full time and sharing incomes in that time sure.
But if they were living separately, paying 2 lots of rent/food shopping, paying for their own things and the only thing that proves they were a “couple” is that they were exclusive to each other then no. Leave them alone. You only know what you know.
You can be in an exclusive relationship with someone and not combine your households or bills and still live “separately” for years.
I remember telling Centre-Link I had a boyfriend that I didn’t live with and saw very minimally who didn’t financially support me in any way until we decided we would like to live together after 2.5 years of dating. They told me to let them know when we were living together and sharing finances and that’s what we did. Maybe she did declare it and you would have no idea if she told them or not.
I know for a fact she did not tell them .
Use their tip off line, then leave it in their hands.
They'll investigate your claim and there will be consequences if any fraudulent payments are found to have been claimed.
I wholeheartedly disagree that this isn't your business - it's everyone's business!
It affects us all as a society. Fraud costs the government millions, it is essentially our taxes that are being stolen. It's money that COULD be being utilised elswhere!
I'm amazed so many people on here think its okay to rip off centrelink . Just goes to show how many are doing it since they are quiet happy to defend the rorters.
Absolutely I think you should do something about it. 3 and a half years is a long time and a lot of money that could have been used elsewhere.
Don't feel it's your judgement that puts them in this position. If they're not doing anything wrong there will be no repercussions. If they are, you're doing every tax payer a big favour.
The culture of ripping off the government fucking disgusts me.
Also make sure they were actually getting the pension. I didn't tell centrelink I was in a relationship for 3 years, not because I was rorting the system, it just made no difference to what I got anyway. I was only eligible for about $130 a fortnight in Ftb from them and when I finally told them I was in a relationship it actually went up because of my partners child.
You sound like a bitter ex trying to cause drama
Where does it say the person she's posting about is an ex?.
the post just screams, he has moved on and I want to destroy his life in anyway I can
I'm not the poster.
I'm no-ones ex, still with the first man I've ever been with.
Bet your ass I'd put in a complaint on a cheating POS that thought I'm supposed to support them through life instead of earn their way like I had to.
Sometimes it really is that simple.
I'm not the poster either.
If I knew for 100% sure that someone I loved was doing this and after talking to them they still had no intention of stopping, I'd report them too.
Mostly for their own good! The less time this goes on, the higher the chance they'd just be required to pay the money back - no harm, no foul.
It's when it goes on for years and years when people start to get in a real world of shit, so I'd do what was necessary to avoid that happening to someone I cared for.
(Its usually only a matter of time before someone would report out of spite too)
And seriously, I thought we were beyond trying to paint women as "jilted exes" in order to discredit them...
I am definitely not a bitter ex to this person.
I wish i was a shit enough person to rip off centrelink lol
I'd leave it and wait for it come bite them on the arse later in some way or another.
Nah, they’ll get theirs, stay in your own lane.
I don't think people realise how widespread this problem is! I know two people who work for the Human Services (centrelink), one of whom being in the debt recovery department.
It's not just people who claim single parenting payments they aren't entitled to, it's people claiming disability pensions they don't need (admittedly harder to do these days but it still happens), it's people on Jobseeker payments who work cash in hand so they can get away with not reporting their hours/income meaning they get a full paypacket and their entire dole...
And do you know what the frustrating thing is? Most of the time Centrelink are none the wiser because they rely heavily on people reporting these cases of fraud so they can be investigated.
So if you say nothing and no one else says anything, the chances of their actions catching up with them are pretty slim. They will most likely get away with it!
Also, just for a second imagine if we were as blaźe about other crimes as we are about fraud:
Oh, it's just shoplifting! Mind your business.
It's only armed robbery! Stay in your lane and they'll get their's one day.
They only robbed a bank! You don't know what kind of financial stress they're under.
Sounds ridiculous right?
You can have your own opinion without degrading/minimising ours.
Well, your opinion condones crime so...
Hands down I would dob in with proof. There’s too many people on Centrelink as it is!
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a global pandemic happening right now and a lot of people doing it very tough, have some compassion.
Different commenter.
That's exactly why people who are rorting the sytem need to be reported!
The government isn't just an unlimited source of money and there has been a massive influx of people who now genuinely need unemployment benefits (and I say this as someone on centrelink payments).
People all wanna complain when our infrastructure isn't up to standard, or that our healthcare and schools are massively underfunded - yet no one's ever willing to do what needs to be done when it comes to people literally stealing that money.
Compassion for people who are straight up liars?
I’m in CL for the first time ever (only job keeper) but anyone doing the wrong thing should be caught and dealt with accordingly.
Maybe the government wouldn’t be so screwed financially if it wasn’t for all the people lying and taking them for everything the can. Leave if for times like these when people genuinely need it.
I have dobbed someone in to centrelink. They claimed single parents for over 10 years, while working cash in hand and living with their bf (dad of youngest) who worked full time.
After a while they moved into housing commission so also paid cheaper rent as it was only based on her CL payments.
They go on overseas holidays every year. Once was for 4 weeks with their 3 kids.
They got investigated. I know because they posted on fb blaming a family member. Never heard anything after that, but pretty sure that was the end of it 😒
Have you taken into account that there could be factors for this,
For example domestic violence as I know this from someone I knew , u would of never of known there was a domestic violence relationship between them from the outside everything looked good, until she couldn't hide it anymore , 13 years she suffered, she needed to claim being a single parent or without those payments the abuse would of gotten worse than what it already was.
Just because on the outside they look good and because u know them , doesn't actually mean you know what's happening inside their home
Reading all this comments I personally came away with its ok to rort the system no would bat an eyelid....