Calendar Portability Reset

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And another thing the calendar year does not restart while you are outside of Australia.

So for example if I had of decided to leave on November 16 like I wanted to, then I will not be entitled to receiving my 4 weeks after November 25.

[murphy]

It really depends on whether start the count on the day of travel from last year, or if the 365 days starts the next day. I can't see anything on their site about when the count starts. Sorry, I wish I could be more helpful.

This page says you can get "tailored information" if you go into your MyGov account. www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/payments-while-outside-australia

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I don't know why it is but I know how it is. I left on April 6 2015, I left on April 9 this year and was told my calendar reset on April 6 this year. I have tickets to leave on April 9 2017. Cheers bear

[Deleted]

What's really brutal is the calendar year portability. Bad enough slashing to 4 weeks but for me it's the calendar year that's the real killer. It totally takes away the ability and flexibility to have a holiday based on dates that may be significant to a dsp recipient. If they wanted to stop the "abuse" of fly in and fly out, well the 6 week rule was already effective as nobody is going to fly in and fly out every 6 weeks on that income.

[murphy]

@vegaspunter My take on bear's experience is that it means you should be okay.

In relation to your other proposed situation, my interpretation is that the re-set date would be 1 December 2017, as time starts to run from whenever you first trigger the calendar by exiting the country.

Was the MyGov thing a bust?

[claire]

Can there be a massive protest by all DSP Pensioners to protest at this cruel, vindictive, punishing 28 days portability only once year?? Something has to happen! Remember they cut 13 weeks last time in 2012.

Then introduced 6 weeks portability for DSP Pensions for only 2 years from 2013 to 2014!! Then thanks to Kevin Andrews Abbot Liberals reduced that with the Help of the Labour Party to 28 days in 2015!!

How much more unfair does it gets. Wake up DSP Pensioners.

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Oct 20, 2016 9:07:24 GMT 7 @vegaspunter said:

Another situation I'm thinking of:

Depart Australia December 1 2016 for two weeks and then have a mid year holiday for two weeks on say June 1 2016.

So come December 1 2017 will the 4 weeks reset or just the two weeks with the other two weeks resetting on June 1 2017?

vegaspunter

From my very vague memory of when I was speaking with them, December 1 2017 will only reset two weeks. If you want to go for four weeks that won't reset until June 1 2017, but if you go December 1 2017 for two weeks you can go again for two weeks June 1 2017. 

Cheers bear

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Do you know why the difference? Why it didn't reset on 25th this year since that's the day you left on last year and yet it's resetting same day this and next year.

Now I'll just have to wait and see if they'll tell me mine won't reset till 10th April. That'll throw a spanner in the works! Cheers bear

[mikey]

It was a leap year this year, so I wonder if they calculate it on 365 days in the computer system.

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Oct 25, 2016 8:41:49 GMT 7 @vegaspunter said:

Oct 22, 2016 8:37:51 GMT 7 mikey said:

It was a leap year this year, so I wonder if they calculate it on 365 days in the computer system.

But if it's calculated based on 365 days then shouldn't the portability start a day earlier? The calculator must be more complicated than we think. Needless to say I just gotta keep saving a nest egg and then one day just get the hell out when I'm self sustainable.

vegaspunter because of the ambiguity of your reset date and mikey's post re "leap year" I thought I'd better check where I'm up too.

Just got off the phone from ISC and as you suggested my calendar has reset one day early. So yes you have indeed been dicked over the 25th mate. Going on that yours should have rest on 24th.

Cheers bear