Bushfire Areas: no mutual obligations till 6 March.

[bear]

Australian Government Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Families.

Contingency arrangements in fire affected areas extended to 6 March 2020

Update: While nationwide contingency arrangements due to the bushfire crisis ended on the 19 January, on 6 January the Prime Minister announced that job seekers who have been or continue to be affected by bushfires will not have mutual obligation requirements until Friday 6 March.

This is to support job seekers and their communities in their recovery.

No job seeker in a fire affected area will be required to meet any mutual obligation requirements during this time. Volunteer firefighters involved in an emergency response will not have their income support payments cut while fighting fires.

Job seekers may volunteer to undertake their usual requirements and attend their usual activities where they choose to do so. Job seekers are encouraged to talk to their employment services provider about the ongoing services and support they can access, and how they can continue to participate in employment services during the contingency period.

The additional contingency arrangements will apply to anyone eligible for the Department of Human Services (DHS) Disaster Recover Allowance Payment in any Local Government area (LGA) that has been identified by Department of Home Affairs as being impacted by the bushfires.

A current list of Local Government Areas (LGAs) below:

Update: While nationwide contingency arrangements due to the bushfire crisis ended on the 19 January, on 6 January the Prime Minister announced that job seekers who have been or continue to be affected by bushfires will not have mutual obligation requirements until Friday 6 March.

LGA State     LGA State
Adelaide Hills SA
Mid-Western Regional NSW. 
Alpine VIC
Mt.Barker SA
Ararat VIC 
Moyne VIC
Armidale Regional NSW
Murray Bridge SA
Ballarat VIC M
Muswellbrook NSW
Ballina NSW
Nambucca NSW
Bega Valley NSW
Narrabri NSW
Bellingen NSW N
Noosa QLD
Blue Mountains NSW
Northern Grampians VIC
Break O'Day TAS O
Oberon NSW
Bundaberg QLD
Penrith NSW
Byron< NSW
Playford SA
Central Coast NSW
Port Macquarie-Hastings NSW
Central Highlands TAS
Pyrenees VIC
Cessnock NSW Q
Queanbean Regional NSW
Clarence Valley NSW
Richmond Valley NSW
Coffs Harbour NSW
Scenic Rim QLD
East Gippsland VIC
Shoalhaven NSW
Eurobodalla NSW S
Singleton NSW
Gladstone QLD
Snowy Monaro Regional NSW
Glen Innes Severn NSW
Snowy Valleys NSW
Glenelg VIC
Somerset QLD
Gold Coast< QLD
Southern Downs QLD
Golden Plains VIC
Southern Grampians VIC
Goulburn Mulwaree NSW
Southern Mallee SA
Greater Bendigo VIC
Southern Midlands TAS
Greater Hume Shire NSW
Strathbogie VIC
Gundagai NSW
Sunshine Coast QLD
Gwydir NSW
Sutherland Shire NSW
Gympie QLD
Tamworth Regional NSW
Hawkesbury NSW
Tenterfield NSW
Indigo VIC
The Coorong SA
Inverell NSW
Toowoomba QLD
Ipswich QLD
Towong VIC
Kangaroo Island SA
Tweed NSW
Kempsey NSW
Unincorporated ACT ACT
Kingston SA Upper H
Hunter Shire NSW
Ku-ring-gai NSW
Upper Lachlan Shire NSW
Kyogle NSW
Uralla NSW
Lake Macquarie NSW
Wagga Wagga NSW
Lismore NSW
Walcha NSW
Lithgow NSW
Wangaratta VIC
Livingstone QLD
Wellington VIC
Lockyer Valley QLD
Wingecarribee NSW
Lower Eyre Peninsula SA
Wodonga VIC
Mansfield VIC
Wollondilly NSW
Mid Murray SA
Yorke Peninsula SA
Mid-Coast NSW


Volunteering
Following the end of the nationwide contingency arrangement, job seekers who live outside of bushfire affected areas can contact Centrelink to seek an exemption from their requirements if they are affected by bushfires. This includes job seekers who are:

volunteering as part of an emergency response (for example, volunteer firefighters)
serving as part of the Defence Force Reserves as part of the bushfire recovery response
living in and/or directly impacted by the bushfires, including job seekers who are temporarily away from their usual residence (for example, visiting family) and cannot return home  providing support for a relative or loved one who has been directly impacted by the bushfires.
Correct at time of publication

www.employment.gov.au/newsroom/contingency-arrangements-fire-affected-areas-extended-6-march-2020

[bear]

Never ever seen the above website......looks like the harridan Cash, now has her own personal media empire. The scope of what's on there I find astounding. Cheers bear.

[imajica]

Bet Scumo choked on this part.

Update: While nationwide contingency arrangements due to the bushfire crisis ended on the 19 January, on 6 January the Prime Minister announced that job seekers who have been or continue to be affected by bushfires will not have mutual obligation requirements until Friday 6 March.