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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 3, 2014 8:56:00 GMT 7
Yeah Banjo, with all due respect to them but I think the Centrelink IT department are having a quiet time...
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Post by Banjo on Jan 3, 2014 9:02:45 GMT 7
I suspect that the lights may be on but no one's home.
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Post by Banjo on Jul 3, 2014 11:58:17 GMT 7
Latest "News for people with Disabilities". Carer Supplement paid in JulyTuesday 1 July 2014 We will soon pay eligible customers their Carer Supplement and Child Disability Assistance Payment you don't need to do anything to receive this payment. These will be paid automatically into your account on the same day as your first regular pay day in July 2014. The Carer Supplement is an annual payment to help carers with the costs of caring for a person with disability or medical condition. To get the Carer Supplement you must have been receiving 1 of the following payments on 1 July 2014: Carer Allowance Carer Payment Wife Pension with Carer Allowance Department of Veterans' Affairs Partner Service Pension with Carer Allowance, or Department of Veterans' Affairs Carer Service Pension Child Disability Assistance Payment is an annual payment to help parents with the costs of caring for a child with disability or medical condition. To get Child Disability Assistance Payment you must have been receiving Carer Allowance for a child under 16 years of age on 1 July 2014. This is also for carers whose payments have been backdated to include 1 July 2014. Next steps You do not need to do anything to get these payments. We will check your eligibility and make the payment into your account automatically. www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/news/carer-supplement-paid-in-julyChanges to Australian Working Life Residence rulesTuesday 1 July 2014 The rules on how much you can be paid while living or travelling outside Australia changed from 1 July 2014. The changes apply if you are travelling outside Australia for more than 26 weeks, or are paid under the terms of an International Social Security agreement. To continue receiving your full rate of Australian pension you will generally need to have spent 35 years of your working life in Australia. This is an increase from the current requirement to have 25 years of Australian working life residence. Australian working life residence is the period of time you have lived in Australia between the age of 16 and age pension age. You do not need to have worked or paid tax during this period. You just need to have been an Australian resident for a period of 35 years between the age of 16 and age pension age. If you have less than 35 years Australian working life residence your rate of payment will be reduced. For example, if you have 27 years Australian working life residence, you will get 27/35ths or 77% of the maximum means-tested rate of payment. If you leave Australia on or after 1 July 2014 and receive any of the following payments you may be affected by this change. Age Pension Disability Support Pension in limited circumstances Wife Pension Widow B Pension If you were outside Australia on 1 July 2014 and receiving an affected payment you can continue to receive your payment under the rules which applied when you left, unless you return and stay in Australia for 26 weeks or more. If you are receiving a payment under the international agreement between Australia and Greece or Australia and New Zealand the increase to 35 years will not apply to you. www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/news/changes-to-australian-working-life-residence-rulesChanges to Disability Support Pension from 1 July 2014Tuesday 1 July 2014 The Disability Support Pension (DSP) is an income support payment for people with a permanent physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment who are unable to fully support themselves through paid work. The Australian Government supports DSP for those who need it but recognises that many people with disability want to work, and benefit from the independence, purpose, dignity and sense of achievement that work brings. The changes announced in the 2014-15 Federal Budget aim to ensure our social security system is sustainable and able to meet future demand. The Budget measures also focus on supporting young people under age 35, with capacity, to gain and retain employment. DSP recipients are the largest cohort of people of workforce age on income support, and the number of recipients has more than doubled in the last 20 years to over 830,000 people today. From 1 July 2014, the government will introduce compulsory work-focused activities for DSP recipients under age 35 who have an assessed work capacity of at least 8 hours per week. Activities will be focused on support to prepare for, find and maintain employment and could include connecting with an employment service provider, work experience, education and training, or rehabilitation activities to overcome individual barriers. DSP recipients who do not complete their activities may have their payment suspended or cancelled. If this applies to you, we will discuss this with you at your next participation interview and work with you to include the compulsory activities into your DSP Participation Plan. From 1 July 2014, certain DSP recipients aged less than 35 years with a work capacity of 8 or more hours and granted between 2008 and 2011 will have their work capacity reassessed and eligibility reviewed against the revised Impairment Tables. This group was originally assessed for the payment prior to the introduction of the revised Impairment Tables in January 2012. DSP recipients reviewed will be supported to help maximise their capacity to join the workforce and some may have to undertake a Program of Support following review. If this applies to you, we will send you a letter closer to the date of your review. This letter will give you the information you need to know about the review and tell you what you need to do. You may be eligible for Mobility Allowance. This provides financial help to those who are undertaking participation related activities and are unable to use public transport without substantial assistance. www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/news/changes-to-disability-support-pension-from-1-July-2014
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Post by roxane on Jul 3, 2014 12:28:09 GMT 7
The changes apply if you are travelling outside Australia for more than 26 weeks, or are paid under the terms of an International Social Security agreement.
That's not even true! as per my post in "portability and Residency"
But thanks for the carers' update, at least that's a relief... for now... I'm sure they working behind the scenes how to take that away!
I was thinking for the submissions, - I already sent it,- but may could send another one? to include that as a carer I still have the 6 weeks but if the person I'm caring for has to be left behind because of the 4 weeks restrictions, - I can't send him back by himself, can I??? I will have no choice but leave him in respite care which would cost tax payers 10x more than if I did care for him during those few weeks.
* carers has 63 days respite, meaning the carer can do whatever he/she wants during that time and respite care is also provided for the person with DSP. I wonder how much 63 days respite care cost!!! If someone could find that out, I could include it in my (other) submission
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 14:37:22 GMT 7
Roxanne.... hope this helps. I Googled:- disability respite care costs Australia. Cheers bear
www.yourlifechoices.com.au/aged-care/cost-of-aged-care
Did you know? On average the cost to look after someone in residential aged care is around $35,000 a year in low-care and $66,000 in high-care. The government generally pay around two-thirds of this cost. www.myagedcare.gov.au/short-stays-aged-care-homes
The person you care for may access residential respite for up to 63 days each financial year. This time can be extended in lots of 21 days if an assessment finds that this extra time is necessary.
How much does it cost? Costs for respite care may vary depending on your circumstances and the kind of help you need. The Australian Government pays for the bulk of aged care in Australia. As with all aged care services, it's expected you'll contribute towards the cost of your care if you can afford to do so. You shouldn't be denied a service you need because you can't pay for it.
If you receive residential respite care through an aged care home, you won't have to pay an accommodation charge or bond. You also won't have to pay any additional income-tested fees. You will however be asked to pay a basic daily fee and perhaps a booking fee. The booking fee is a prepayment of respite care fees and not an extra payment. The booking fee cannot be more than either a full week's basic daily fee or 25% of the fee for the entire stay, depending on which amount is the lowest.
The maximum basic daily fee for a respite resident is set at 85% of the single basic Age Pension. From 20 March 2014 to 19 September 2014, the single rate of the basic Age Pension is $766.00 per fortnight. 85% of the single rate of basic Age Pension is $651.00 per fortnight or $46.50 per day.
Further information on the Age Pension and a full list of current rates is available on the Department of Human Services website.
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Post by dougandkas on Jul 3, 2014 21:04:20 GMT 7
this is pathetic completely... totally... sigh... getting myself up to 6 and 7's with this...
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Post by Banjo on Jul 23, 2014 6:53:31 GMT 7
Meanwhile, back at the office.
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Post by fedup on Jul 23, 2014 8:35:24 GMT 7
Update
Hmmmm 23rd Jul 2014 11:29am remove reply I am in NZ on and have been since jan,I went back in June for four weeks for medical and dental,I am and have been paid under the mutual agreement with NZ AND AUSTRALIA,since coming back to NZ after this four week stay,my basic rate $766.48 has dropped to $648 and next payment to $625.09 WITHOUT A REASONABLE EXPLANATION,my AXLR does or should not have anything to do with it.
I have sent three emails asking for clarification,three weeks ago,without the common courtesy of a reply,have rang international services,and got the run around,basically them saying NZ should,top up the deficit ,
Went to winns NZ equivilant to C/L and was told, they don't top up,and then they tried to get me,to sign up to the NZ invalids pension,at $261 or something like that a week
THIS IS THE KIND OF MADNESS ONE HAS TO PUT UP WITH
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 5:09:16 GMT 7
News this morning on Aussie TV, CL now to require Dole recipients to look for work daily and all Dole recipients to be required to 'work for dole' This does reinforce that they are full speed ahead with changes to the system without Parliament approval - I wonder where it will stop?
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jul 27, 2014 5:25:42 GMT 7
News this morning on Aussie TV, CL now to require Dole recipients to look for work daily and all Dole recipients to be required to 'work for dole' This does reinforce that they are full speed ahead with changes to the system without Parliament approval - I wonder where it will stop? that's reassuring to know that the dole queues will be gone by tomorrow. all they need next is a war and that will get economies pumping.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 5:41:17 GMT 7
Well if we look around at the state of the world and the conflicts therein, I am not sure that theory is working? Of course, this is an old adage that wars fix economies - Yanks have tried this philosophy for as long as I can remember and have a look at the state of their Nation. It takes 24 hours to get your mouth around the debt level.
I dont have a problem with them ensuring dole recipients or any welfare recipient is legitimate and I would think most members here would agree. But what is needed if they are going to go up that road, is a policy to accelerate the economy, so new jobs are created.
It is rather pointless to persecute the battlers for not working, when there are very few employment opportunities
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Post by Banjo on Jul 27, 2014 7:36:16 GMT 7
Work for the Dole leaves jobseekers worse offOne of the most significant welfare measures announced in the federal budget is the expansion of Work for the Dole. This will affect jobseekers aged 18-30 who will be forced to undertake placements of up to 25 hours a week for six months. Work for the Dole workers receive only Centrelink payments and travel allowance for participating in the program. When working for the maximum number of hours, they will work for less than the minimum wage. Newstart recipients will be working for $10 an hour while Youth Allowance recipients will be working for $5 to $8 an hour. The minimum wage is $16.87 an hour. One of the most common arguments for Work for the Dole is that it benefits job-seekers because it improves employment outcomes. Jeff Borland and Yi-Ping Tseng recorded the experiences of 888 Newstart recipients aged 18-24 taking part in Work for the Dole. They found participants were no more likely to move off payments in the 12 months after finishing the program than a similar group of Centrelink recipients who did not participate. Their findings are consistent with international research suggesting programs like Work for the Dole do not improve employment outcomes. As Borland argues, "the track record of those types of schemes in Australia and internationally is that they do not tend to have a very good record of assisting people to move into employment." There are two reasons why Work for the Dole does not work. First, it does not increase the supply of jobs. Second, it does not do enough to build the skills of unemployed people, as there is usually very little formal training. The study showed that six months after starting Work for the Dole, 71.4% of participants were still unemployed, compared to 59.1% of non-participants. This gap began to slowly shrink so that by 12 months, the difference between the two groups’ continued unemployment had narrowed from 12.3% to 10.3%. After 12 months, participants had received payments an average of 2.2 fortnights longer than those who did not participate. Many participants viewed their placements as work and so stopped or reduced their job searching. Naturally, people working part-time will have less time to look for work. This would explain why Work for the Dole participants are less likely to secure employment during their Work for the Dole phase than similar non-participants — but it does not explain why Work for the Dole participants have never caught-up to similar non-participants in terms of their likelihood to find jobs, even long afterwards. It might be the case that the stigmatising nature of Work for the Dole has a “scarring” effect, demoralising participants. It is also well-known that employers respond negatively towards Work for the Dole participants, many of whom avoid including Work for the Dole in their resumes. Work for the Dole focuses exclusively on the supply rather than the demand side of the equation: it focuses on the attitudes, backgrounds, and skills of unemployed people, not on the demand for workers. Work for the Dole ignores the shortage of jobs, the fact that there are not enough for everyone who wants to work. According to recent data, there is one job for every five jobseekers, up from one job for every 3.6 job-seekers two years ago. There have recently been very significant declines in available jobs in construction, manufacturing and mining. This ratio would be even worse if you included people who became discouraged and stopped searching. People with major caring or parental responsibilities find it very difficult to find work that fits around their obligations. It has also been documented by a 2008 Federal Government survey that employers discriminate against single mothers, those with disabilities, older unemployed and long-term unemployed, even when they have recently had training. Work for the Dole does nothing to address the shortage of paid work, the shortage of family-friendly work (or single-parent friendly work) or employer prejudices. Australia has the lowest unemployment payments in the developed world, at $260 per week. Our unemployment benefits have not risen, in real terms, in 20 years. They are now so low even business groups like the Business Council of Australia think they should be raised. Contrary to the claims of politicians and the media, if there is anyone not fulfilling its side of bargain, it is not unemployed people but governments that are guilty. Work for the Dole represents a shift from welfare as a right to welfare as a privilege: something to be grateful for, to grovel for. With anti-government sentiment at high levels, this might be the perfect time to mount a ferocious campaign against this dismal policy. www.greenleft.org.au/node/56934
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Post by dani on Jul 27, 2014 7:54:45 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 8:33:36 GMT 7
Yes l also bet they make the basics card compulsory for the unemployed as well as work for the dole, then the unemployed are pity much the same as slaves they work just for food and a few basics. The bastards also want half us DSP's onto newstart under that McClure report, l just hope people with a disabbilty or health problem will be exempt from work being forced as work for the dole slaves.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 8:40:12 GMT 7
Yes Dani, that is how I heard it this morning - sounds like they are going to be very busy from here on in. I also read Banjo's published analysis of Work for the Dole and there are some perfectly valid points raised. But I find these so called expert reports much like the nonsense that permeates the internet - reports to fit the particular side of the fence they are sitting on. If the system provides a few hundred who leave the dole system after finding a job, then it is at least a result. I believe that it does start to instill some work ethic, particularly in some of the young who have never contributed to the community in the form of work and indeed in some cases, entire families with the same history. I agree that job prospects in the current state of our economy makes it extremely difficult to find work. That is why I raised the point that there should be a strong emphasis on encouraging business to grow to create more jobs - but yes it is a vicious cycle.
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