Calling for a Class Action Suit Against the Australian Healthcare System – Invisible Disability

 

Hi everyone,

 

I’m posting here out of deep frustration, exhaustion, and the urgent need for systemic change. I'm a young Australian woman with multiple invisible disabilities, and I feel utterly failed by our healthcare and welfare systems. Despite holding a university degree and applying for over 600 jobs, I’ve faced constant rejection—even for roles I’m qualified for—because of conditions people can’t see but I live with every day.

 

Like many in my position, I’ve been forced onto Centrelink, where I’m subjected to job providers who push me toward work that does not accommodate my physical limitations. These placements set me up to fail, over and over again. And each failure just reinforces the system’s narrative that I’m not trying hard enough—when in reality, I’m trying to survive.

 

I’m looking to connect with empathetic lawyers or legal professionals who are willing to fight for real accountability—especially for women, whose pain and symptoms are too often dismissed, downplayed, or misdiagnosed. We need a class action lawsuit, and we need an official inquiry into how invisible illnesses, particularly in women, are treated by:

 

The Federal Government

 

Centrelink and job providers

 

The public healthcare system

 

 

What needs to change:

 

Iron supplements and essential treatments covered by the PBS

 

Bulk billing for specialist appointments

 

A frictionless, humane process to apply for the Disability Support Pension (DSP)

 

Proper medical education and early preventative care, so people aren’t left in crisis before being taken seriously

 

 

Because my health has been dismissed my entire life, I now suffer not only physically, but financially, mentally, and socially. The toll is crushing. My conditions could have been managed if I’d been listened to, believed, and supported early on. Instead, I’m stuck living paycheck to paycheck, with Centrelink payments that don’t even cover basic needs, let alone the cost of treatments, medications, or appointments.

 

The only time I leave the house is to go to appointments I can’t afford. These visits often bring more invalidation than care. And I know I’m not alone.

 

If you’re a legal professional, advocate, journalist—or someone going through the same thing—please reach out or comment below. It’s time we unite, speak out, and demand change.

 

We deserve a system that sees us, hears us, and believes us. I’m done being blamed for being sick. I’m done being dismissed. It’s time to fight back.