- Target:
- Hon Kim Carr
- Region:
- Australia
The rules are changing for people who started receiving Parenting Payment before 1 July 2006. The same rules will apply to these parents as to someone who is claiming for the first time.
From 1 January 2013, you will no longer be eligible for Parenting Payment when your youngest child turns:
six years of age if you receive Parenting Payment Partnered, or
eight years of age if you receive Parenting Payment Single.
Any changes for you will depend on whether you’re receiving the single or partnered rate of Parenting Payment. If you move to Newstart Allowance you will still be able to access a lot of the same allowances you could while you were on Parenting Payment.
If you’re on Parenting Payment Single and you move to Newstart Allowance your payment may be less. Some parents will be eligible for a higher rate of Newstart Allowance, which is the same amount as Parenting Payment Single.
We, the undersigned, call on the Australian Government to delay the changes to the Parenting Payment until it has been reviewed fully so the full economical impact can be known.
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The Stop the changes to the Parenting Payment petition to Hon Kim Carr was written by Jennifer Abraham and is in the category Government at GoPetition.