Delayed Centrelink payments put university students at risk of dropping out

By Beau Donelly
Updated May 8 2015 - 5:15pm, first published May 6 2015 - 5:34pm
Melbourne University student Nadege Hamdad is still waiting for her Austudy payment despite applying to Centrelink in February. Photo: Justin McManus
Melbourne University student Nadege Hamdad is still waiting for her Austudy payment despite applying to Centrelink in February. Photo: Justin McManus

Australian students are being forced into poverty and are at risk of dropping out of university because of major delays in processing their Centrelink applications.

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