Australians getting the Aged Pension are allowed to earn a small amount each fortnight, without affecting the amount they receive as their pension.
The basic rule is that their pension is NOT affected if they receive under $178 per … Read the rest
The following Social Security Legislation Amendment 2021 was introduced into parliament on 27 May 2021.
If the legislation is passed, the new employment services model will come into effect from July 1, 2022, in just over 1 years time.
Peter Davidson, Australian Council of Social Services advisor, said: “We … Read the rest
Many Centrelink Government benefits will have either a 2 or 4 year newly arrived resident’s waiting period before becoming eligible to claim them.
From January 2022, many of those that are currently a TWO year newly arrived resident’s waiting period will … Read the rest
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
Unemployment Benefits in Australia have recently been known as either Newstart or Jobseeker, and are increased every year by the cost of living increase for that period.
The historical rates, shown below with the annual increase, are for each single person, with no … Read the rest
It has been announced that the Jobseeker payment will increase by $50 per fortnight from April 2021.
Confirmation is to come.
This would make the fortnightly Jobseeker payments from April 2021, to become:
A news article today (16 Feb 2021) stated the following.
From 4 January 2021 until 28 March 2021, this will be either:
Tier 1 is for those working under 20 hours per week.
Tier 2 is for those … Read the rest
This post is to show that many people, including news outlets, and myself, can easily get confused by these two terms: JobSeeker and JobKeeper.
Keeping the original term “NewStart” instead of “JobSeeker”, might have been better.
This is a news … Read the rest
