Centrelink Payments to Families in Australia
Author: Ian C. Langtree - View Credentials
Published: 10 Mar 2009
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Synopsis
Australias Centrelink will start rolling out one-off payments to families from tomorrow as part of the Federal Government's $42 billion stimulus package.
Overview
Australia's Social Security Department Centrelink will start rolling out one-off payments to families from tomorrow as part of the Federal Government's $42 billion stimulus package.Australia's Social Security Department Centrelink will start rolling out one-off payments to families from tomorrow as part of the Federal Government's $42 billion stimulus package.
Single-income families will receive a $900 bonus if they are recipients of Family Tax Benefit part B.
Families receiving Tax Benefit A will get a $950 back-to-school bonus for each child aged between four and 18.
Recipients of the carer payment or disability support pension, aged less than 19 years old on February 3, 2009, will also receive $950.
Eligible drought-affected farmers will receive $950 hardship payments from March 24, the same time a $950 one-off training and learning bonus and education entry payment is paid to eligible students.
The one-off bonus of up to $900 for taxpayers, earning less than $100,000, will flow from April.
Author Credentials: Ian C. Langtree is a writer, editor, and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Disabled World, which he established in 2004 as one of the longest-running independent resources for disability news and information. Over more than two decades, he has written and edited thousands of articles on disability rights, health, accessibility, and assistive technology. Drawing on a global perspective shaped by extensive travel and lived experience, Ian is a committed advocate of the Social Model of Disability, the framework developed by disabled activists in the 1970s that focuses on removing societal barriers rather than on individual impairments. His writing is grounded in that framework and in a lasting commitment to disability rights, accessibility, and social inclusion. To learn more about Ian's background, expertise, and accomplishments, visit his full biography.