End the Partner Income Test
Centrelink has a rule called the Partner Income Test
It cuts support when you have a partner.
But love is not an income.
And companionship does not pay the rent.
Bills don’t disappear once you start dating.
It forces you into dependency.
It punishes disabled and low-income people for forming relationships — as if dignity were a
luxury reserved for the wealthy and able-bodied.
It hands financial responsibility to your partner.
It assumes support where none exists.
It takes away your right to a normal life.
It is wrong.
Disabled people should be treated like adults, not financial pets.
This rule belongs in the 1950’s,
Not in a cost-of-living crisis.
Love is not a crime.
It is not proof of support.
And it should never be grounds for economic punishment.
It makes you unsafe.
Assumed support won’t protect you when things go wrong.
Relationships don’t come with insurance clauses.
This isn’t just an income, it’s safety.
We will raise our voices against it.
End the Partner Income Test.
Equality should not stop at the poverty line.
We demand dignity, not dependency.
We will not be silent.
We will not roll over and be financially abused.
Your stories will help us fight this archaic rule. They will be published on the website. You don’t
have to suffer in silence.
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