Your SIB cannot go below zero. Once your SIB hits zero the amount of income left over that fortnight is subject to the Personal Income Test and the Partnered Income Test, and your payment will be reduced If you have a partner see overleaf. Not doing so may result in a penalty or overpayment.
If you know your SIB balance and your fortnightly gross before tax income, you can work out if your payment will be reduced and by how much. Below are listed the possible scenarios:. Also, if the amount of your payment reduction exceeds your maximum payable amount of Youth Allowance or Austudy you will get no payment that fortnight.
If you have a partner either married or de facto you will be subjected to the Partner Income Test each fortnight, regardless of whether you share money or not. That number is the point at which your partner would not be payable for their Centrelink payment.
These numbers are the points at which they would not be payable for the relevant Centrelink payment as a job seeker [Youth Allowance Jobseeker and Newstart Allowance Partnered ], whether they get those payments or not.
Your partner might be working, or a student and not on a payment, but Centrelink still use those numbers. Different rules apply if your partner is receiving a social security or service pension e.
Age Pension. If you are on Austudy or YA independent eg. These students may also be eligible for other allowances including living allowance, relocation allowance, thesis allowance and compulsory course fees.
Given the number of different payments, you should contact Centrelink for a personal assessment or see us for a consultation. Income Bank allows you to build up "credit" to offset any decreases in your Centrelink payment should you get a job. This figure is known as your "fortnightly income free area". This is a payment to assist those who pay rent in the private rental market. Payments are different if you have children, share with others or are in a relationship.
Payment rates can be found here. Crisis payment entitles you to money if you have been forced to leave your home and find a new home because of extreme events such as domestic violence or your house burning down. You must also have been in Australia at the time of the event occurring, an Australian resident or citizen previously resident in Australia, and claim the crisis payment within 7 days of the event taking place.
The Crisis Payment is a one off payment - equal to one week's payment of normal benefits you would normally be entitled to, and limited to four payments in one year. A crisis payment is also avalaible to anyone who needs to self-isolate with a medical certificate due to COVID This is an allowance which is available to university students who are living away from their permanent home to study.
The allowance helps you cover the costs of selected travel between your permanent home and university each year using the least expensive form of public transport that is practicable.
Only trips from your permanent home and university are covered by this payment. The payment does not assist with your daily trips to and from university each day. Click here for more information eligibility requirements. This payment assists you with the purchase of prescription medicines available through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme PBS.
Once you have paid for 52 prescriptions through the PBS in a calendar year, all PBS medications will be free for the rest of the year. This is a payment for people who are employed and who are temporarily unable to work due to a medical condition. Full time students on Austudy or Abstudy may qualify for Sickness Allowance. You cannot receive sickness allowance if you currently receive Youth Allowance.
Sickness Allowance is not a long-term payment; rather it is paid for temporary illness or incapacity. Centrelink is not accepting new applications for the Sickness Allowance, however if you currently receive it, the payment will continue until your medical certificate expires. Centrelink has become far more aggressive in its approach to cracking down on those who may have been overpaid.
Centrelink engages in an extensive system of data matching between itself, the Tax Office and other government bodies. Centrelink's policy is to recover money incorrectly paid to people, even if the payment was the result of Centrelink error.
Depending on the circumstances, you may be sent a "breach" notification. For students, a breach may be a failure to report earnings for a period, reporting an incorrect amount, or failing to notify Centrelink of changes which affect payments such as your current living arrangements.
Centrelink makes mistake like any organisation, and you have the right to challenge any decision made by them. Speak to the officer who made the decision. Ask for the reasons for the decision, explain why you believe it is wrong and why your circumstances justify a different decision.
You have the right to a review of any Centrelink decision. Ask for your matter to be examined by an Authorised Review Officer. This person is a senior staff member who has had no previous contact with your case. At first, the person who originally made the decision may look at it again unless you request that they do not. If they do not change the decision or you are dissatisfied with the new decision, an authorised review officer will examine the case.
This person will probably contact you to make further inquiries, check facts, examine the material which the original decision maker used. The AAT is more like a court. There will be a conference between yourself and Centrelink at first, and if the issue cannot be resolved you will be asked to present your case at a formal hearing.
The AAT can affirm uphold Centrelink's decision or overturn it. Your final avenue of appeal is to the Federal Court, and in very limited circumstances the High Court. Appeals to courts may only be on matters of law, not on the merits of your application. If you are a full-time student you can get your payment if you are studying outside Australia as part of a full-time Australian course.
Yes potentially. First Centrelink will determine whether you are a member of a couple by looking at factors like your. Under youth allowance there is a minimum time period applied for a relationship to be regarded as de facto unlike other payments where people are considered to be in a de facto relationship from the time they start living together as a couple.
Make sure you report all changes to Centrelink. If Centrelink affirms you are a member of a couple and you believe that the decision to treat you as a member of a couple may cause you unfair hardship you can ask Centrelink to consider whether there is a special reason for you not to be treated as a member of a couple under Section 24 of the Social Security Act If you have previously received the Start-up scholarship then you will continue to do so until the end of your degree without having to pay it back.
Students commencing as of will be required to pay back the start-up scholarship. To receive Centrelink you need to maintain a full-time load. You also need to complete the course within the allowable limit based on the minimum time it normally takes to complete the course. If you are studying honours, the minimum time for completing a course will be extended by one year. If you are unable to complete the course within your allowable time, and have not been affected by circumstances beyond your control, you may still be able to receive Youth Allowance.
For information on allowable time for Austudy recipients please click here. To continue receiving payments you need to be enrolled in a minimum of 12 Units of Credit UoC each term, or 36 UoC across three standard terms with at least one course enrollment in each term. So while you can underload, be aware that if you extend your studies beyond the 'allowable' time, you might not be eligible for Centrelink for the whole duration of your studies.
Click here for more contact information. Send us an email at advice arc. We have heaps of advice and resources by students for students. Check it out! UNSW students can get budgeting help, financial counselling and access to interest-free loans. P: 02 E: advice arc. H: 10AM - 5PM. Services Australia also called Centrelink is a Commonwealth Government agency that provides welfare payments to eligible individuals.
To apply for any of the payments listed below it is easiest to check your eligibility online through the Services Australia website and submit your claim online.
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