The Carbon Tax Household Assistance Package

Millions of people will receive assistance through tax cuts and payment increases.

http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/household-assistance-package

The Household Assistance Package is part of the Australian Government’s plan for a Clean Energy Future. Around 500 of the biggest polluters in Australia will pay for their pollution under the carbon pricing mechanism, which will be used to assist households to help meet price impacts, support jobs in the most affected industries and build a clean energy future.

Millions of Australians will continue to receive assistance through the Australian Government’s Household Assistance Package. Between March this year and January 2014 ongoing increases will be made to existing government payments. You don’t have to do anything to receive the additional assistance; it will be paid automatically into your bank account.

Ongoing assistance starts from:	Recipients	Government payments included:
20 March 2013	Age, disability, carer and service pensioners	Age Pension Disability Support Pension (aged 21 or over, or aged under 21 with dependent children) Carer Payment Wife Pension Widow B Pension
20 March 2013	Jobseekers parenting payment recipients and other allowees	Newstart Allowance Parenting Payment (single) Parenting Payment (partnered) Partner Allowance Widow Allowance Sickness Allowance Bereavement Allowance Special Benefit ABSTUDY Living Allowance for persons aged 22 years or older, or under 22 years who are covered by the 1 July 2012 grandfather provisions. Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payments (paid at NSA rate) Transitional Farm Family Payment (paid at NSA rate)
20 June 2013	Seniors Supplements recipients	Pensioners who receive the Pension Supplement quarterly Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders in receipt of Seniors Supplement
1 July 2013	Family Tax Benefit recipients	Family Tax Benefit recipients who receive payments fortnightly, including Approved Care Organisations
1 January 2014	Students and young people in receipt of income support Note – recipients will receive a second lump sum payment, Clean Energy Advance in July  2013.	· Austudy Living Allowance (under 22 excluding 21 year old grandfathered recipients and Masters and Doctorate customers)
1 July 2014	Lump sum Family Tax Benefit recipients