Terminally ill man has Centrelink payments cut for interview no-show

By Kate Aubusson
Updated March 24 2017 - 2:54pm, first published 2:48pm
With only months to live, 21-year-old cancer patient Rhys was expected to go job hunting or his Centrelink support payment would be cut-off.
With only months to live, 21-year-old cancer patient Rhys was expected to go job hunting or his Centrelink support payment would be cut-off.

As Caroline Pagalday sat with her 21-year-old son Rhys, chemotherapy pumping through his body, the phone calls wouldn't stop. With only months to live, Rhys was expected to go job hunting or his Centrelink support payment would be cut-off.

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