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A payment of A$6.00 per fortnight for those receiving certain Centrelink payments, to help cover the cost of prescription medicines. The amount covers the cost of one prescription per fortnight for a concession card holder eligible for the concessional rate of medicines (A$5.90 per script from 1 January 2013).
Centrelink logo until 2012. The Centrelink Master Program, or more commonly known as Centrelink, is a Services Australia master program [2] of the Australian Government.It delivers a range of government payments and services for retirees, the unemployed, families, carers, parents, people with disabilities, Indigenous Australians, students, apprentices and people from diverse cultural and ...
The department's delivery of payments and services functions was taken over by Centrelink in 1997. [6] The creation of Centrelink meant significant changes to DSS, with the department shrinking in size to approximately 700 staff who were tasked with policy formulation and advisory functions. [7]
December 2024 dates for benefit and pensions as DWP reveals new year timings. Albert Toth. December 31, 2024 at 3:46 AM. With 2025 just around the corner, ... Benefits payment dates in December.
Benefit payment dates in February. ... Energy Price Cap: Will it go up or down again in 2024? Ofgem’s energy price cap has risen from £1,717 to £1,738 for January to March – an increase of 1 ...
Services Australia, formerly the Department of Human Services and before that the Department of Social Security, is an executive agency of the Australian Government, responsible for delivering a range of welfare payments, health insurance payments, child support payments and other support services to eligible Australian citizens and permanent residents. [6]
Significant updates were made to the superannuation system in Australia in 2023 and 2024. [16] The Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate, which had been gradually increasing over the years, reached 10.5% in 2022 and is set to continue rising by 0.5% each year until it hits 12% by 2025. [ 16 ]
Inflation saw an unwelcome spike to 2.6 per cent in November, continuing the steep rise of late 2024. Many had hoped that the figure would sink back below the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target ...