The Cost of Living Payment is a $250 one-off payment to help with the cost of living. The Cost of Living Payment is not taxable, and you don't need to report it as income.
Incentives to work
The government will provide $3.7 million in 2023–24 to extend the measure to provide age and veteran pensioners a once-off credit of $4,000 to their Work Bonus income bank and temporarily increase the maximum income bank until 31 December 2023.
Eligible pensioners have had $4,000 credited to their Work Bonus balance since 1 December 2022, increasing the maximum Work Bonus balance from $7,800 to $11,800. This measure extends the increase to 31 December 2023. The Work Bonus concession of $300 per fortnight will stay the same.
The Work Bonus income bank is useful for pensioners who wish to work, particularly those who undertake intermittent or occasional work. Note: from 1 December 2022 to 31 December 2023, a one-off, temporary credit of $4,000 applies to Work Bonus income bank balances.
The 2023–24 Budget includes 4 'cost-of-living relief' measures aimed at those in receipt of government payments: a $40 per fortnight increase in the rate of JobSeeker Payment and other working-age payments.
“There are many direct benefits that older Australians will receive in their wallets out of this year's budget including energy relief of up to $500 per year, cheaper medicines, more GPs bulk billing pensioners and healthcare card holders without a co-payment, $15 a week more rent assistance, $20 a week more in ...
However, it implies the 20 September 2023 Age Pension increase may be smaller than anticipated. For a single pensioner, a 2.2 per cent increase denotes a rise of $23 per fortnight for a total of $1087. For couples, the increase would be $35, totalling $1639 per fortnight.
The Cost of Living Payment is a one-off payment of $250. You'll only get one Cost of Living Payment, even if you were getting more than one eligible payment or concession card. It's not taxable.
You have $300 of Work Bonus available each fortnight, which can accrue up to the maximum amount. When your Work Bonus eligible income is less than $300 a fortnight, we'll reduce your income to zero.
A payment to help students with the cost of moving from regional or remote areas for tertiary study. The Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) is a one off payment of up to $5,000. It's to help eligible students with the cost of moving to study. This is for study after you've finished year 12 or equivalent.
Centrelink payments
This means the Youth Allowance rate will go up by at least $19 a fortnight. Austudy will increase by between $32.40 and $41.40 per fortnight, and those under the age of 21 on the Disability Support Pension will receive an extra $27.40 to $40.70 a fortnight.
The bonus will be paid to workers providing care and support in Government subsidised home care and to residential aged care workers. The payments will be for clinical care workers and expanded to all those providing direct care, food or cleaning services in Government subsidised residential care.
The Government has provided two separate $750 payments to social security, veteran and other income support recipients and eligible concession card holders. Around half of those that benefit are pensioners. These payments will support households to manage the economic impact of the Coronavirus.
If you're a pensioner currently receiving support through Centrelink, you may be eligible for extra help with bills and medicine costs through the Pension Supplement. This supplement is a combined payment of Pharmaceutical Allowance, Utilities Allowance, GST Supplement and Telephone Allowance.
Full Age Pension income threshold increases by: Singles threshold $204 per fortnight, increase is $14 per fortnight, $364 per annum. Couples threshold $360 per fortnight, increase is $24 per fortnight, $624 per annum.
You can get the Work Bonus if both of these apply to you. You: are Age Pension age and over. get Age Pension, Carer Payment or Disability Support Pension.
Carer Supplement is an annual payment of $600 for each eligible payment you get. You'll get this on top of your regular payment.
The Australian Government will invest $1.5 billion to assist around 6 million Australians with higher cost of living pressures. A one-off $250 Cost of Living Payment will be paid to eligible recipients from the end of April 2022.
The pension bonus scheme provides incentive for older Australians to remain in the workforce and defer receipt of income support pension. The incentive is a non-taxable “one off” lump sum amount payable if all eligibility criteria and rules are satisfied.
You can apply for weekly payments at any time if you're already getting a payment from us. You can also apply if you're making a new claim for an income support payment and you can't apply online. You can either: call us on your regular payment line.
More than 4.7 million Australians will receive a boost to their welfare payments in a week's time to keep pace with rising inflation. Single age and disability pension recipients and carers will receive an increase of $37.50 a fortnight, and couples a combined $56.40.
The lowest advance you can get is $250. The highest advance you can get is $500. We can pay the advance all at once.
It has been confirmed that the increase for 2023 will be 10.1% for those who will be paid the full increase. This will be applied to your pension from 10 April 2023. For those whose benefits are in payment, you will notice a partial increase in your April payment.