Hi Maz - thanks for your love!!!! I am not grumbling it is just the way it is. I know its kinda not fair as I know there are Aussie kids in Nz and they have all the benefits to them any NZ special needs kid would get. But I do understand the govt not wanting to support someone who is "of no benefit to Australian society".

Health- I meant health insurance, we do have that even though there was a year stand down for pre-exsisting conditions. This has been good as my boy has had 5 operations this years and long hospital stays, etc.

Agencies generally work thru the system and payments thru centrelink so no funding not interested. We did manage to get a bit of help when I had a Social worker from the hospital got me some homehelp with bathing when he came home after surgery this year.

Re where we are -

We packed up in April 09 (Hervey Bay)to do the hospital thing in Brisbane and because of all the stuff ups we never got back so now while everything in still packed up we are going to run away from the doctors for 6 months or so and head south. We will be leaving QLd early Feb and have a few months to get to VIC when baby is due then we are fulfilling our CP boys heart desire and taking him to Uluru. So atm we are kinda homeless and thats OK!!!