How Centrelink decides if you're a couple or just flatmates

By Noel Whittaker
Updated October 6 2017 - 9:44am, first published September 13 2017 - 1:30am

My friend and I, both females, share a house. We are both retired and each own half the house. We are not a "couple" - we just get on well together and have shared accommodation for quite a few years now. It has enabled us to have a nice house in a nice area that neither of us could have afforded on our own.

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