To get the Child Care subsidy you, or your partner, must meet the residence rules.
You or your partner must be living in Australia and have one of the following:
Australian Budget 2021.
Currently there is a four-year waiting period for some government payments, such as the jobseeker unemployment benefit and youth allowance.
From January 2022, that four-year waiting period will be extended to cover more government benefits, such as family tax benefit, … Read the rest
The Australian Aged Pension is revised in March and September (normally) each year, and the March 2021 new Pension Rates have been released. This pension is paid Fortnightly.
The Age Pension recipients will increase by $8.40 a fortnight for singles, and … Read the rest
Update and Reminder.
The rate of JobSeeker payments was not increased or reduced, it is still (in December 2020) at the same rate as it was in March 2020.
The extra money that some people have been receiving is the … Read the rest
The Coronavirus Supplement for Jobseeker and other welfare benefits is set to continue after the scheduled end date of 31 December 2020, but at a lower rate.
A statement from Centrelink about this Coronavirus Supplement change from 1st January 2021 was:
From … Read the rest
From 28 September 2020, Jobseeker recipients will need to apply for at least two jobs per week, instead of the current 1 application per week.
Jobseeker recipients who do not complete certain obligations can now have their payments cut.
Currently there are no … Read the rest
From 25 September 2020, JobSeeker recipients will be able to earn up to $300 a fortnight before their payments begin to reduce. This has increased from the previous threshold of $106 per fortnight.
From 25 September 2020 the Jobseeker recipients payment … Read the rest
From 25 September 2020, JobSeeker recipients payments will once again be affected by their assets.
The JobSeeker Payment asset limit for new claims was waived from 23 March 2020.
On 25 September 2020, the assets test and Liquid Assets Waiting Period will resume.
The Liquid Assets … Read the rest
The Newly Arrived Residents Waiting Period is now a requirement of FOUR years in Australia, on a Permanent Resident Visa, to be able to claim the Jobseeker payment (formerly Newstart Allowance). These are the terms used to refer to Unemployment Benefit.
However, with the COVID-19 related temporary changes to JobSeeker, … Read the rest
News articles on the 30th March 2020 were stating that around 6.5 million Australians will receive the $750 Economic Support Payment from tomorrow (31st March 2020) as part of the Federal Government’s plan to soften the … Read the rest
