77.7% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in March 2024.
82.2% in New South Wales.
78.5% in Victoria.
76.1% in Queensland.
75.5% Northern Territory.
74.4% South Australia.
71.3% Tasmania.
70.4% Western Australia.
52.7% Australian Capital Territory.
A change to the working hours rules, for eligibility to get the Carer Payment, will change in March 2025.
The current rules include:
Maximum of 25 working hours each week.
Should an 18 year old be paid the same rate as a 21 year old?
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has agreed to a range of reform proposals for junior pay rates, which the ACTU described as “discriminatory”.
The ACTU has said that … Read the rest
Centrelink customers with assets over $686,250, may be entitled to claim a changed asset limit by Pre-paying for their funeral.
This could save them up to $780 per year, based on paying $10,000 as a prepaid funeral plan.
This payment would reduce their assessable assets for the … Read the rest
The Australian Minimum wage is now $24.10 per hour, from 1 July 2024.
The Fair Work Commission announced that it will raise the national minimum wage by 3.75% from 1 July 2024, taking the permanent workers minimum wage to $24.10 per hour, or $915.90 a week for full-time workers ( … Read the rest
The Queensland government has announced that all Queensland households will receive a $1,000 rebate on their electricity bills from July 2024.
This replaces the $550 electricity rebate that was paid to households in the 2023/24 financial year.
Eligible seniors, pensioners and concession card holders will … Read the rest
The tax rates for Working Holiday Maker visa holders, for the year starting from 1 July 2024, are shown below.
They apply for visa subclasses 417, 462 and 408.
These visa holders do NOT have a tax free threshold.
Taxable Income and Tax Rates … Read the rest
Average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults, in Australia, was $1,888.80 in November 2023, according to new seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Bjorn Jarvis, ABS head of labour statistics, said: “The annual increase of 4.5 per cent, … Read the rest
The Australian Age Pension increases every year in March and September.
Following the latest release of the cost of living figures from the ABS, it is expected that the maximum Australian Age Pension will increase, in March 2024, by:
Eligibility Age for the Age Pension.
The eligibility age for the Australian Age Pension became 67 years on 1 July 2023.
This means that if you were born on or after 1 January 1957, you must be 67 years old to be eligible for Age Pension.
It began to change … Read the rest
