Get Preliminary Claim For Newstart Allowance/Youth Allowance/ Parenting Payment - Humanservices Gov

The income free area for JobSeeker Payment has increased to $300 per fortnight. This means you can earn more but still get the maximum payment rate. If you earn above $300 per fortnight, your payment reduces by 60 cents for each dollar over this amount.

Young people under the age of 22 can access the full rate of Youth Allowance if they are independent from their parents. However, if they're still dependent, then a parental income test applies. The threshold for that is $54,677. You lose 20 cents for every dollar above that threshold that your parents earn.

If you get Youth Allowance as a job seeker you can earn money and still get your payment. We'll start to reduce your payment if you earn more than $300 a fortnight 60 cents for each dollar earned. The amount we reduce your payment by will depend on how much you earn in a fortnight.

$250 per fortnight until 31 December 2020. $150 per fortnight between 1 January and 31 March 2021.

Sign in to myGov and go to Centrelink. Select Make a claim or view claim status from your homepage. Select Get started from the Students, Trainees and Apprentices category. Select Youth Allowance for students and trainees. Answer the Eligibility check questions first.

If you're doing a combination of paid and voluntary work, you need to do: suitable paid work for at least 15 hours per fortnight in the first 12 months you're on a payment. voluntary work of no more than 15 hours per fortnight in the first 12 months you're on a payment.

Job seekers getting Youth Allowance We'll start to reduce your payment if you earn more than $300 a fortnight 60 cents for each dollar earned. The amount we reduce your payment by will depend on how much you earn in a fortnight. Single, no children, younger than 18, and live at your parent's home.

If you're unemployed, or you're not in full time work, you may get Youth Allowance as a job seeker. This can include if you're doing part time or casual work. If you get Youth Allowance and you earn income over a certain amount, it will affect how much you get. Read more about personal income test.