Most useful information for looking for work

Getting a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) payment

Find out if you or your partner getting a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) payment could affect your eligibility for a payment from us.

1. Top payments
2. Mobility Allowance

Who can get Mobility Allowance

You can get Mobility Allowance if you meet certain criteria.

1. Top payments
2. Mobility Allowance

How much Mobility Allowance you can get

You can get a standard rate or higher rate of Mobility Allowance depending on your circumstances.

1. Top payments
2. JobSeeker Payment

When you’ll get your first JobSeeker Payment

There may be one or more waiting periods that apply before you get your first JobSeeker Payment.

1. What your commitments are
2. Getting a medical certificate

What happens when you give us a medical certificate for JobSeeker Payment

We use your medical certificate to work out if you need an exemption from your requirements for a short time. This is so you can keep getting JobSeeker Payment.

1. Top payments
2. JobSeeker Payment

How to report and manage your JobSeeker Payment

To keep getting JobSeeker Payment you need to report every 2 weeks. You also need to keep meeting your mutual obligation requirements.

1. JobSeeker Payment
2. How much you can get

Income and assets tests for JobSeeker Payment

You must meet the income and assets tests to get JobSeeker Payment.

1. Youth Allowance for job seekers
2. Who can get it

Youth Allowance income and assets tests

We use income and assets tests to check if you can get Youth Allowance and how much you might get.

1. Top payments
2. JobSeeker Payment

How to claim JobSeeker Payment

Complete the following steps to claim JobSeeker Payment. Before you start, check if you can get it.

1. JobSeeker Payment
2. When to claim

Starting your claim for JobSeeker Payment

You can start your claim for JobSeeker Payment up to 13 weeks before your circumstances change.