Centrelink Complaints

How to make a complaint against Centrelink:

It has been reported that there were about 100,000 complaints against Centrelink last year. That is about 1 complaint for every 65 Centrelink Customers. Or about 1 in every 2,000 Centrelink transactions.

In the 2008-09 financial year, Data from the Social Security … Read the rest

Immigration Assurance of Support

Some Visa classes require someone to provide an assurance of support, before the visa can be finally granted.

An Assurance of Support (AOS) is a commitment by someone to repay the Australian Government any welfare payments paid to migrants during the support period that they have entered the country under.… Read the rest

Unemployment Benefits in Australia 2009

Unemployment Benefits in Australia.

An example of current benefits available to the unemployed in Australia at September 2009

NEWSTART ALLOWANCE

Maximum fortnightly payment

  • $456.00 single, no children
  • $493.30 single, with dependent child(ren)
  • $493.30 single, aged 60 or over, after nine continuous months on payment
  • $411.50 Partnered (each)
  • $574.50 single, principal
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Rent Assistance in Australia

Australian social security benefits include an amount for “Rent Assistance” for those people in financial need.

An example of the current rates for 2009 are:

The Maximum Rent Assistance for a couple with 1 or 2 children is $65.24 per week.
That figure reduces depending on how much rent you … Read the rest