Centrelink has backflipped after forcing a Dandenong disability pensioner with “incomplete quadriplegia” onto JobSeeker. After a two month fight, the relieved 60-year-old woman was restored onto the disability support pension with back-pay. After struggling on the less-generous JobSeeker payment, she can now pay her pile of unpaid bills as well as the many medical expenses for herself and her grandchildren. And gone is the anxiety of being possibly forced to apply for jobs despite suffering a litany of health issues and barely able to walk. “It’s been an emotional rollercoaster,” the pensioner says. “Luckily I’m strong enough not to let this happen to me.