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COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... government shut down entire industries in its attempt to slow the spread of the virus, demand for JobSeeker (a rebrand of Newstart) unemployment benefits was so high that the MyGov website repeatedly crashed. The Prime Minister has since said that 6000 ...

Early release better than SG freeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... high-income earners who have rent/mortgage obligations but can't access stimulus provisions such as the increase to NewStart rates.

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... morning announced a $17 billion stimulus package focused on wage subsidies for apprentices, cash for SMEs, pensioners and Newstart recipients, and expanded investment write-off allowances. This comes on top of the bushfire relief spending of at least ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... working into their late 60s. "Maintaining the existing access age is a fairer public policy than pushing people onto Newstart in their late 60s because they are unable to find or retain employment," he said. Fahy added the Age Pension remained affordable ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... to funds quicker as most areas are "suffering the worst drought in living memory." The FHA pays a similar rate to the Newstart Allowance to support eligible farmers and their partners who are experiencing financial hardship. Currently, eligible farmers ...

Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... exemption from Labor's no-cashback policy on dividend imputation." Versteege added the exemption would also apply to Newstart recipients. "This is important to older Australians who have not yet reached pension age and are long-term unemployed." SMSF ...

ASIC permanently bans former finance broker

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... Services (UMS) and was the key person for UMS' Australian credit licence. He was found to have made false statements on Newstart allowance forms and made a false declaration to the Migration Agents Registration Authority. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Changes to the preservation age could mean people who were unable to work until 70 years of age would be forced on to the Newstart allowance while waiting to access their super. Around 25% of the tax concessions went to the top 5% of income earners while ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

... years of age should be earning or learning. From next year, unemployed people under 25 will get Youth Allowance, not Newstart. People under 30 will wait up to six months before getting unemployment benefits, and then will have to participate in Work ...
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