The payment will be given to eligible recipients of the following schemes, and to concession card holders: Age Pension. Disability Support Pension. Parenting Payment.
Aussies who compare energy providers will receive a one-off $250 payment, as part of a new NSW election promise. NSW households will receive a $250 cost-of-living payment for comparing energy providers, if the Coalition is re-elected in March.
A one-off $250 Cost of Living Payment will be paid to eligible recipients from the end of April 2022.
To apply online, you need a Centrelink online account linked to myGov. If you don't have a myGov account or a Centrelink online account you'll need to create them. When you apply, you must tell us your income and expenses. We need these to check if you can repay us.
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.
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.
The payment rates for Age Pension, Carer Payment and Disability Support Pension are increasing from 20 March 2023. Age Pension, Carer Payment and Disability Support Pension will increase by $37.50 a fortnight for singles and $56.40 a fortnight for couples combined.
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 one-off Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) was rolled out in July last year, offering $1000 for each eligible adult and $400 for each eligible child.
"The Australian Government is continuing to deliver tax relief, with a one-off payment of $250 to be made to eligible pensioners, welfare recipients, veterans and eligible concession card holders, to be paid automatically in April 2022," Mr Coleman said in his review of Budget 2022-2023.
Labor has said it will give $250, to be matched by another $250 from the federal government, to concession card holders, Family Tax Benefit recipients and self-funded retirees with a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.
Make your claim
Sign in to myGov. Select Make a claim or view claim status, then Make a claim. Select Crisis Payment. Select Apply for Crisis Payment for Other Extreme Circumstances then follow the prompts to complete your claim.
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. You'll get it if you were residing in Australia on 29 March 2022, and: you were able to claim, or were getting an eligible payment.
To access the $250 Power Saving Bonus, visit compare.energy.vic.gov.au or call 1800 000 832. To speak to an Energy Assistance Program advocate, call 1800 161 215.
One off payment principles
Employees of NSW Health Agencies (including Ministry of Health) under NSW Awards are eligible. Visiting Medical Officers are eligible. Certain employees of third schedule organisations are eligible.
This payment is for those who start studying at any point in the year immediately after completing year 12 or equivalent. If you're eligible, you can only claim the Tertiary Access Payment from January 1 to December 31 in your first year of tertiary study.
If you stay enrolled in full time study, you can get a second instalment of $2,000. We'll pay you in either: September of the same year you started studying.
The Carer Supplement is an annual payment of $600 which is attached to each Carer Allowance. The Supplement is paid in July each year.
The Government announced on 1 February 2022 that an aged care workforce bonus of up to $800 will be paid to eligible aged care staff in Government subsidised home care and residential care.
In the first week after this vaccination rate was reached, a $450 payment rate would apply for those who had lost eight or more hours of work (or a full day of their usual hours per week) except for those on income support who could receive a rate of $100.
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.
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.
Single: $18.20 per fortnight. Partnered : $15.60 per fortnight. Plus $7.30 per fortnight for each dependant. No income test.
All of these payments are the same basic amount and will be increasing by the same amount with indexation. The fortnightly payment for a single person will increase by $37.50. Previously, it was $1,026.50. But from this week it'll be $1,064 a fortnight.