11.1.1 Overview of income management
Introduction
This section provides an overview of income management, and explains its background, its objectives, the hierarchy of income management measures, and what welfare payments may be income managed.
Income management's primary aim is to ensure that a proportion of income support and family assistance payments are available to be spent on priority needs and cannot be spent on excluded items, including alcohol, tobacco, pornography or gambling goods and services. This means that money is available to be spent on necessities, including food, housing, utilities, clothing and medical care.