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Thursday, 7 February 2013

Questions on Notice

Centrelink (Question No. 2547)

Photo of Stephen ParryStephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Human Services, upon notice, on 12 November 2012:

With reference to applications for the Low Income Supplement:

(1) Why does Centrelink not accept a driver licence, which contains a photograph, as proof of identity?

(2) Why does Centrelink require an original birth certificate, which has no photograph, as proof of identity when a driver licence is requested as evidence of identity to obtain the birth certificate.

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