Farm Household Allowance Partner Allowance. The partner income test taper rate will return to 60 cents for every dollar above the partner income free area. These changes mean that your rate of payment may vary over the period that includes April 1, 2021. The coronavirus supplement ended on March 31, 2021 and the new JobSeeker rate - after it was lifted by $50 a fortnight - starts from April 1 at $620.80 a fortnight, or $310.40 a week, which is over $44 a day. Research says 110,000 jobs will go across the country this month as JobKeeper comes to an end. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty
WORKER MUTUAL OBLIGATION REQUIREMENTS The minimum number of monthly job searches will also rise from 8 to 15. This applies if you re in Jobactive or Disability Employment Services.
New laws and changes that may cost you more
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On Tuesday, the federal government unveiled some big changes for job seekers in Australia.
The JobSeeker payment, formerly known as Newstart, is being boosted permanently – but not by the amount some had been calling for.
Mutual obligations are also returning, including a new employer reporting line that is already causing controversy.
Here’s a rundown of the major changes and what it means for unemployed Australians.
JobSeeker boosted - by $3.57 a day
With the coronavirus supplement being wound up at the end of March, the government has permanently boosted the levels of some welfare payments, most significantly, JobSeeker.
It means people on the payment - currently about 1.2 million Australians - will get an extra $50 a fortnight, or $3.57 a day, from 1 April.