Rossow and Secretary, Department of Health (Social services)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered the eligibility of the applicants, Mr and Mrs Rossow, for a financial hardship supplement under the *Aged Care Act 1997* (Cth). The Secretary of the Department of Health had refused the application, and the applicants sought review of that decision.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicants' property constituted an "unrealisable asset" for the purposes of assessing their eligibility for the supplement. This determination was crucial to whether they met the financial hardship criteria.

The Tribunal affirmed the Secretary's decision, finding that the property in question was not an unrealisable asset. While the specific reasoning is not detailed in the provided text, the outcome indicates that the Tribunal was not satisfied that the asset met the criteria for being unrealisable, and therefore the applicants did not qualify for the financial hardship supplement.