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Delays in social appeals

Summary

Senator Comiskey says social protection appeals can take many months and calls for the process, including disability appeals, to be expedited.

I agree with my colleague, Senator Hayden, in regard to the whole area of social protection and the survey done by FLAC. It is unacceptable that people, who have a social protection need, must wait 32 weeks for an appeal. If there is an oral hearing, it takes up to a year. This is putting undue pressure on people who are in that difficult position. The same applies to disability appeals, of which we have some experience. Something should be done to speed up the process.

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