Severely vision impaired Queensland man wins two-year fight for disability pension

Adel al-Shuraifi told he is fit for work by Centrelink but later ruled permanently blind by a tribunal

A severely vision impaired man who was told he was fit for work by Centrelink but later ruled permanently blind by a tribunal has won a two-year fight to get on the disability support pension.

Adel al-Shuraifi’s battle could have been over after a year but was prolonged when the agency took the rare step of sending his case to the top tier of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in a last-ditch bid to deny him the $466.70-a-week payment.

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