Most useful information for recently unemployed

Newly arrived resident's waiting period

If you’ve recently arrived as a resident in Australia, you may have to wait to get payments or concession cards.

Annual parental income reassessment

If you’re dependent and get Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY, we may need your parents’ or guardians’ income details each year.

1. Parenting Payment
2. How to manage your payment

Prepare to transfer to Age Pension if you get Parenting Payment

If you get Parenting Payment and you’re Age Pension age, you can apply to transfer to Age Pension.

1. Rent Assistance
2. How to manage your payment

Travel outside Australia rules for Rent Assistance

The travel rules for your main payment affect your Rent Assistance when you travel outside Australia.

Parental Leave Pay counted as income

We treat Parental Leave Pay as taxable income. This means it counts in your income test for payments from us.

1. Asset types
2. Private trusts and companies

Trust reviews

How we check that you correctly report the income you receive from a trust.

Military invalidity pensions as an income stream

We assess military invalidity pension payments as income streams.

1. JobSeeker Payment
2. How to report and manage your payment

Prepare to transfer to Age Pension from JobSeeker Payment

You can’t get JobSeeker Payment if you’re over Age Pension age.

1. How much you can get
2. Dependent or independent

Independent through work for Youth Allowance as a job seeker

You may be an independent job seeker if you’ve supported yourself through full time paid work.

Independent for ABSTUDY through work

You may be independent if you’ve supported yourself through work.