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Social Security Act 2018

Assistance - Jobseeker support

24: Jobseeker support: no or minimum income

You could also call this:

“You can get help if you have no money or very little money”

You can get jobseeker support if you have no income or very little income. This means you either don’t earn any money at all, or you earn less than what would stop you from getting jobseeker support.

Even if you have a short time where you earn enough money to not get jobseeker support, you can still keep getting it if you meet all the other rules. This short-term income won’t affect your right to get jobseeker support.

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Part 2 Assistance
Jobseeker support

24Jobseeker support: no or minimum income

  1. In this subpart, a person (P) has no or minimum income if P has—

  2. no income; or
    1. income of less than the amount that would reduce the applicable rate of jobseeker support to zero.

      1. If, during a temporary period, P has enough income to reduce the applicable rate of jobseeker support to zero, but P otherwise meets the requirements for jobseeker support, P’s entitlement to jobseeker support is not affected by that income.

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