Social Security Guide updates 2023
6 March 2023 (v1.304)
Page | Title | Details |
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1.1.T.47 | Temporarily separated couple (RA, TAL, UA) | Updated policy. |
11.1.4.10 | Payment nominees under income management | Updated Policy. |
11.1.5.10 | Meeting priority needs using the BasicsCard | Clarified policy. |
11.1.9.20 | Store licensing arrangements (deleted) | Removed information. |
11.1.11.90 | Disbursing an income management balance where income management has been applied incorrectly | Updated Act reference. |
11.2 | Cape York initiative | Updated policy. |
11.3.1 | Overview of Child Protection Measure | Clarified policy. |
11.3.3.10 | Locations that are declared child protection states & territories | Updated to include legislative instruments. |
11.4.1.10 | Background of the VWPR Measure | Updated policy. |
11.4.1.20 | People income managed under the VWPR Measure | Updated policy. |
11.4.3 | Payments income managed under the VWPR Measure | Clarified policy and updated Act reference. |
11.5 | Disengaged Youth Measure | Clarified policy. |
11.6 | Long-term Welfare Payment Recipients measure | Clarified policy. |
11.7.2.10 | Locations that are declared VIM areas | Updated policy. |
11.7.3 | VIM agreement | Updated policy. |
11.9.3.10 | Recognised state or territory authorities for the SPAR Measure | Clarified policy. |
12 | Enhanced income management regime | Updated terminology. |
12.1 | Overview of enhanced income management regime | New chapter. |
12.2 | Enhanced income management regime – defined terms | New chapter. |
12.3 | Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime | New chapter. |
12.4 | Enhanced income management regime – receipt & use of welfare payments | New chapter. |
12.5 | Enhanced income management regime – disclosure of information | New chapter. |
6 February 2023 (v1.303)
Page | Title | Details |
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1.1.P.45 | Parental means test (YA) | Updated Act reference. |
1.1.Q.15 | Qualifying Australian residence | Updated definition. |
3.1.15 | Work bonus | Updated Act reference. |
3.1.15.10 | Work bonus - eligibility | Added note regarding the temporary change to work bonus and updated Act reference. |
3.1.15.30 | Work bonus - application | Added note regarding the temporary change to work bonus. |
3.1.15.40 | Work bonus - examples of calculation of income eligible for the work bonus & work bonus income concession bank balance | Added note regarding the temporary change to work bonus and updated references. |
3.1.15.50 | Work bonus - history | Updated to reflect temporary change to work bonus income bank balance. |
3.2.7.30 | YA full-time students | Clarified policy. |
3.3.4.20 | Austudy and full-time tertiary students | Clarified policy. |
3.4.1.10 | Qualification for Age | Added note regarding ceased payments. |
3.5.2.40 | Continuation, variation or termination of DOP | Updated Act reference. |
3.6.3.01 | Guidelines to the rules for applying the Impairment Tables - purpose & design of the Impairment Tables | New page. |
3.6.3.02 | Guidelines to the rules for applying the Impairment Tables - applying the Impairment Tables | New page. |
3.6.3.03 | Guidelines to the rules for applying the Impairment Tables - information that must be taken into account in applying the Tables | New page. |
3.6.3.04 | Guidelines to the rules for applying the Impairment Tables - information that must not be taken into account in applying the Impairment Tables | New page. |
3.6.3.05 | Guidelines to the rules for applying the Impairment Tables - use of aids, equipment & assistive technology | New page. |
3.6.3.06 | Guidelines to the rules for applying the Impairment Tables - selecting the applicable Impairment Table and assessing impairments | New page. |
3.6.3.08 | Guidelines to the rules for applying the Impairment Tables - assigning an impairment rating | New page. |
3.7.2.40 | SpB for people not residentially qualified for other payments | Updated policy. |
3.8.9.40 | Change in circumstances during the study year for FAA | Updated policy reference. |
3.8.16.10 | Qualification for student start-up scholarship (deleted - see 1.2.7.165) | Removed information. |
3.8.16.20 | Payability of student start-up scholarship (deleted - see 1.2.7.165) | Removed information. |
3.9.1.20 | Qualification for LIC | Updated policy. |
4.2.2 | Benefits income test & limits | Updated to reflect indexation. |
4.2.8.10 | Dependent YA - parental income test | Updated examples. |
4.2.8.20 | Dependent YA - maintenance income test | Updated maintenance income free area thresholds. |
4.2.8.50 | Full-time students - personal income test, limits & student income bank | Updated income free area and maximum student income bank. |
4.2.8.55 | Full-time Australian Apprentice - personal income test, limits & Australian Apprentice income bank | Updated income free area. |
4.3.2.35 | Income exempt from assessment - s8(11) exempt lump sums | Updated list of lump sums specifically exempted under section 8(11). |
4.3.9.40 | Income from scholarships | Updated to reflect indexation. |
4.6.7.110 | Notional ordinary income - person's farm used by a family member | Clarified policy. |
5.1.2.30 | Austudy - current rates | Updated rates. |
5.1.7.40 | Relocation scholarship - current rates | Updated rates. |
5.1.7.45 | Student start-up scholarship - current rate (deleted - see 1.2.7.165) | Removed information. |
5.1.7.46 | SSL - current rate | Updated rate. |
6.3.2 | Jobseeker payment & youth allowance overpayments | Clarified policy. |
6.7.1.90 | Miscellaneous categories of debts | Clarified policy. |
9.2.7 | Visa subclasses 440-499 payment eligibility | Updated policy. |
3 January 2023 (v1.302)
Page | Title | Details |
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1.1.C.170 | Clean energy advance daily rate (deleted) | Removed information. |
1.1.C.180 | Clean energy advance top-up (deleted) | Removed information. |
1.1.N.126 | Notification reporter | Updated definition. |
1.1.T.47 | Temporarily separated couple (RA, TAL, UA) | Updated definition. |
1.2.6.10 | Special benefit (SpB) - description | Clarified policy. |
1.2.6.30 | Crisis payment (CrP) - description | Updated to reflect cessation of national health emergency crisis payment. |
1.2.12.10 | Clean energy advance (CEA) - description (deleted) | Removed information. |
3.1.2.40 | Newly arrived resident's waiting period (NARWP) | Clarified policy. |
3.1.2.43 | Exemptions from the NARWP | Clarified policy. |
3.1.5.90 | LBP example calculations - members of a couple where separated due to Illness or respite care or death of both members of a couple | Updated examples. |
3.1.12 | Employment income nil rate period | Clarified policy. |
3.2.5.70 | Assessment & mandatory procedures for YA, DSP & SpB - unreasonable to live at home | Updated to reflect departmental name change. |
3.7.2 | Common situations where SpB is claimed | Updated reference. |
3.7.4.45 | Qualification for CrP - national health emergency (NHE) | Added note regarding cessation of NHE crisis payment. |
3.7.4.55 | Payability of CrP - remaining in the home after removal of a family member due to domestic or family violence | Updated to gender neutral terminology. |
3.8.13 | UA - qualification & payability | Clarified policy. |
3.10.3.40 | Payment delivery to certain pension recipients overseas | Clarified policy. |
3.10.4.30 | Notification period for certain social security pension recipients - 28 days | Clarified policy. |
3.11.13.40 | Suspensions, demerits & reconnection | Clarified policy. |
4.10.1.50 | Historical employment amount (permissible child earnings) - January 1990 to present date | Updated employment amount (permissible child earnings). |
4.14.3.35 | Special disability trusts - discretionary spending | Updated discretionary spending limit. |
5.1.1.20 | YA - current rates | Updated rates. |
5.1.4.40 | DOP - current rate | Updated rate. |
5.1.5.40 | MOB - current rates | Updated rates. |
5.1.5.50 | CA - current rate | Updated rate. |
5.1.7.20 | PhA - current rates | Updated rates. |
5.1.7.110 | UA - current rates | Clarified policy. |
5.2.1.50 | Youth related payments - July 1986 to present date | Updated rates. |
5.2.4.60 | DOP rates - October 1973 to present date | Updated rates. |
5.2.5.10 | MOB - April 1983 to present date | Updated rates. |
5.2.6.50 | PhA rates - 01/11/90 to present date | Added rate at 1 January 2023. |
5.5.2.50 | Single person 22 years & over, principal carer of dependent children | Updated to reflect indexation. |
5.5.5 | Samples of DRA rate calculations | Updated to reflect indexation. |
5.5.5.10 | DRA, eligible for YA, income cut-off does not apply | Updated to reflect indexation. |
6.7.1.45 | Ten per cent recovery fee on debts from false or non-declaration of income from personal exertion | Clarified policy. |
6.7.1.100 | Overpayments under other Acts | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
6.7.2.10 | Methods of recovery | Updated policy. |
6.7.2.40 | Debt recovery by legal proceedings | Clarified policy. |
6.7.3.80 | Waiver of debt on the basis of notional entitlement | Clarified policy. |
8.1.1.10 | General claim requirements | Updated policy. |
8.4.3 | Protection of payment | Clarified policy. |
8.6.4.20 | Automatic cancellations & variations | Updated references. |
8.7 | Cashless debit card program | Added note regarding cashless debit card (CDC) program ending. |
8.7.1 | Overview of cashless debit card program | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
8.7.1.10 | Outline of cashless debit card program | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.2 | Cashless debit card program - defined terms | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
8.7.3 | Cashless debit card program areas | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
8.7.3.10 | Ceduna & surrounding region | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.3.20 | East Kimberley | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.3.30 | Goldfields | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.3.40 | Bundaberg & Hervey Bay | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.3.50 | Northern Territory | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.3.60 | Cape York | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.4 | Participants - people subject to cashless welfare arrangements | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
8.7.4.10 | Becoming a participant in the cashless debit card program | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.4.20 | Voluntary participation in cashless debit card program | Updated to reflect legislative change. |
8.7.5 | Exiting the cashless debit card program | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
8.7.5.10 | Exiting the cashless debit card program | New page. |
8.7.5.20 | Request to cease program participation | New page. |
8.7.6 | Cashless welfare arrangement rules | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
8.7.7 | Community body may vary percentage of restricted & unrestricted portions | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
8.7.8 | Disclosure of information (cashless debit card program) | Added note regarding CDC program ending. |
12 | Enhanced income management | New part. |