11.1.1.50 Trigger payments for income management

Trigger payments

Under the VWPR and VIM measures of income management, a person must be receiving a category H payment to be assessed as eligible for income management. Under the Child Protection measure and the SPAR measure, a person or their partner must be receiving a category H payment to be assessed as eligible for income management.

Under the Disengaged Youth and LWPR measures, a person must be receiving a category E payment to be assessed as eligible for income management.

Category E payments

Below is a list of category E payments under the SSAct:

• youth allowance
• jobseeker payment
• special benefit
• parenting payment (single), and
• parenting payment (partnered).

Category H payments

Below is a list of category H payments under the SSAct:

• social security benefit
  • youth allowance
  • austudy payment
  • jobseeker payment
  • special benefit
  • parenting payment (partnered)
• social security pension
  • age pension
  • disability support pension
  • carer payment
  • parenting payment (single)
  • special needs pension
• a payment under the ABSTUDY scheme that includes an amount as identified as living allowance
• service pension
  • age service pension under Part III of the VEA
  • invalidity service pension under Part III of the VEA
  • partner service pension under Part III of the VEA
  • carer service pension under Part III of the VEA
• income support supplement.