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Post by Banjo on Feb 15, 2012 7:31:44 GMT 7
It's something outside of my field of experience, Spaceyone should know, if not I'll do a google search.
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Post by latindancer on Feb 15, 2012 7:51:31 GMT 7
Working credits are given to people on Newstart, DSP and probably other benefits to encourage them to work.
If you have 1000 working credits it means that you can go out and work in any kind of job (part or full-time) and earn $1000, which you get to keep. It does not affect your Centrelink benefit, however you will of course have to pay tax. If you work for a few days and make $400, then you will have 600 credits left. Every fortnight you are NOT working you are given a few more credits. 1000 credits is the maximum you can possibly get.
Just to clarify that, if you are able to get a full-time job you can earn $1000 and still receive full payment from Centrelink, after which your benefit is suspended. If you can work part-time, and you are on DSP, you can work a certain number of hours every week (or is it fortnight ?) anyway, without it affecting your payment. I did this for a while, and it helps boost finances before Xmas or car repair / registration time.
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Post by spaceyone on Feb 15, 2012 8:00:20 GMT 7
Guys, what is current working credit balance? Saw it on an online letter sent to me. It was part of Howard's promise to not take so much money away from someone's pension, eg, single mother's, that it did not negate the fact that they had worked. So they bought in the working credits system. While you have credit there, they will not deduct money from your pension for working. For each dollar you earn, they take away a credit point. It is useful in that, if someone had just entered the workforce, they could keep their whole wage and pension, for a period while they got on your feet. The credits increase according to the amount of time you have not worked. 1,000 seems to be the limit for anyone who has not worked in a long time. So, again, you will be allowed to earn $1,000 before they start adjusting your pension downwards, to accommodate any new wages. * I see that LD has posted the answer, while I was typing mine. Team work!
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Post by howdo on Feb 16, 2012 10:05:01 GMT 7
Cheers guys.
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Post by peter on Mar 21, 2013 12:14:53 GMT 7
9,500 Australian Dairy Farmers To Receive Assistance.
In yesterday"s Australian it was announced that Australia"s 9,500 dairy farmers were to receive government assistance to change the food composition mix of their cows to reduce green house gas emissions.
The average annual payment per dairy farmer will be $900. and the move should increase milk production.
I thought it was a joke, but then again April 1 is not here yet.
I do not know which government agency will be handing over the checks, but if you see cows in the line at Centrelink, you will know the answer.
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Post by Banjo on Mar 21, 2013 12:39:47 GMT 7
Corporate Welfare.
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Post by Banker on Mar 21, 2013 14:31:10 GMT 7
9,500 Australian Dairy Farmers To Receive Assistance. In yesterday"s Australian it was announced that Australia"s 9,500 dairy farmers were to receive government assistance to change the food composition mix of their cows to reduce green house gas emissions. The average annual payment per dairy farmer will be $900. and the move should increase milk production. I thought it was a joke, but then again April 1 is not here yet. I do not know which government agency will be handing over the checks, but if you see cows in the line at Centrelink, you will know the answer. This fits in with the Carbon tax that never was. Just another Labor Party F/Up.
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Post by macadamianut on Mar 21, 2013 15:04:05 GMT 7
Seriously??? @cows. Australian government has gone completely mad!!
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Post by blahblahblah on Mar 21, 2013 16:17:51 GMT 7
I thought it was the cows that go mad
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Post by peter on Mar 21, 2013 16:40:38 GMT 7
I still cannot believe it. Maybe I have been out of the country for too long.
They behave like they have all caught the mad cow disease.
And the cause of that is bovines eating meat..............if that happens mad cow disease results.
What have they been eating in Canberra? Who will they eat tomorrow? and the next day?
I still cannot believe that they will pay Australia's dairy farmers an average of $900 each to reduce "cow bloat" by subsidising a change in diet.
It has to be a joke, but its not.
Now that they have solved the problem of cow bloat presumably the next item on the agenda will be the problem of sheep bloat..................and that is a bigger problem because there are more sheep than cows.
But on the committee to consider the problem will be more goats than sheep.
Amazing.
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Post by Banjo on Mar 21, 2013 17:19:40 GMT 7
Where's the link for this? Is it something they have to do to sell dairy products overseas? Not that the Australian would tell you if it was so.
Less than 10 million bucks total? Oh come now.....
Might be a bit of pork barreling so Labor buys the farm vote......
Edit: sorry, that would be cheese barreling.... ;D
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Post by ima69r on Jun 12, 2013 12:13:38 GMT 7
Look what I found: Hope it helps Ref: www.humanservices.gov.au/spw/customer/information-in-your-language/resources/lw072/lw072-1206kh.pdfWorking Credit—What you need to know Working Credit aims to encourage you to take up work by allowing you to keep more of your payment from us when you first start a job. Working Credit also makes it easier for you to get payments and benefits back if a short-term job ends. Who can get Working Credit? You may benefit from Working Credit if you are under age pension age and get one of these payments: • Newstart Allowance • Youth Allowance—job seekers, not full-time students • Mature Age Allowance • Widow Allowance • Partner Allowance • Parenting Payment • Sickness Allowance • Bereavement Allowance • Disability Support Pension • Carer Payment • Wife Pension • Widow B Pension. Note: if you are a full-time student and get Youth Allowance, Austudy or ABSTUDY, you may be able to use the Student Income Bank instead of Working Credit. As Well as; How does Working Credit work? When you have little or no income you will automatically build up working credits—there is no need to apply or fill out forms. When your total income (including income from paid work and investments) is less than $48 per fortnight, you build up working credits. One working credit equals one dollar. You can collect up to 1000 credits, and for every credit you have you can earn one extra dollar before your Centrelink payment is reduced. For example, if you have 450 working credits, you can earn an extra $450 before your Centrelink payment is affected. If you are on a payment that is usually cancelled as soon as you start full-time work (such as Newstart) you use up your working credits to keep more of your payment before it is cancelled. This means you could get some or all of your Centrelink payment, in addition to your pay, when you first start work.
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Post by zingzingzing on Jun 12, 2013 12:29:57 GMT 7
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Post by Banjo on Jun 12, 2013 12:45:01 GMT 7
The Liberals have tended to "grandfather" people under the old portability legislation in the past, it was Labor who broke the tradition last year. It's no good refusing to move on the chance something may happen in the future, we just need to keep pushing and applying and as I said right at the beginning of the forum.
"Hope for the best, be prepared for the worst".
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Post by Banjo on Jan 3, 2014 7:17:03 GMT 7
News for people with disability
I get this sent to me by Human Services and it's a bit strange.
The latest offering included a couple of headlines....
Hi, Here is the latest news for people with disability for the month of January from the Australian Government Department of Human Services. To read complete stories and for more detail, visit the Human Services website and search for 'news for people with disability'.
The Journey is changing Posted on 20/12/2013 In February 2014, The Journey will become News for migrants, refugees and visitors.
Schoolkids Bonus payments will go ahead in January 2014 Posted on 17/12/2013 Parliament is yet to pass legislation to abolish the Schoolkids Bonus.
Then this...
Why we won’t include links – to minimise the risk of unwanted and unauthorised access to your personal information, we won’t include active links in communication to you. We’ll ask you to go to our website and search for the information you need. This way you can be sure you are accessing our official website.
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