Question: Which eligibility and qualifications for payments have been expanded?

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and support
section_headers: First Economic Support Payment
section_content: On 12 March 2020, the Government announced it will provide an Economic Support
payment of $750 to approximately 6.8 million existing payment recipients and
concession card holders that are eligible as at 12 March 2020. On 22 March
2020, the eligibility criteria for this payment was extended to new payment
recipients who are eligible for their payment or card between 12 March 2020 to
13 April 2020 (inclusive). As long as someone had lodged a claim for an
eligible payment and was eligible for that payment by 13 April 2020, they
should have already received this economic support payment via Services
Australia or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Payments were made from 31
March 2020 and would have been received by the majority of recipients by 17
April 2020.
Eligibility for the first Economic Support payment was for the following
payment recipients and concession cardholders, given that they resided in
Australia and were eligible as at 13 April 2020:

Age Pension
Disability Support Pension
Carer Payment
Parenting Payment
Wife Pension
Widow B Pension
ABSTUDY (Living Allowance)
Austudy
Bereavement Allowance
JobSeeker Payment (formerly Newstart Allowance)
Youth Allowance
Partner Allowance
Sickness Allowance
Special Benefit
Widow Allowance
Family Tax Benefit, including Double Orphan Pension
Carer Allowance
Pensioner Concession Card holders
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders
Veteran Service Pension; Veteran Income Support Supplement; Veteran Compensation payments, including lump sum payments; War Widow(er) Pension; and Veteran Payment
DVA PCC holders; DVA Education Scheme recipients; Disability Pensioners at the temporary special rate; DVA Income support pensioners at $0 rate
Veteran Gold Card holders
Farm Household Allowance.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Details the expansions as notes them as such
This seems like a pretty good response because it talks about all of the support payments allowed which should cover the expanded eligibility being asked about in the question

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and support
section_headers: Frequently Asked Questions
Do people have to wait until 27 April 2020 to apply for a payment?
section_content: People can apply for a payment as soon as they need it.
The expanded eligibility and qualification criteria came into effect from 25
March 2020.
If a person qualifies for a payment before 25 March 2020 and has to serve a
waiting period (other than the Newly Arrived Residents Waiting Period), they
will receive a payment back to the date of their claim once the waiting period
is suspended.
Recent migrants will be able to have their Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting
Period waived from 25 March 2020.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
No mention of what the expansion was and if the text is related
This response hits on the fact that eligibility has been expanded but only states when that happened, not which payments have been so it's an incomplete answer

Reviewer ratings:
Bad
Could be Improved

Answer passage (source: Australia):
page_title: Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and support
section_headers: Expanding Eligibility and Qualification for Payments
section_content: The Government also temporarily put in place expanded eligibility and
qualification criteria from 25 March 2020.
Eligibility for JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance for jobseekers have been
expanded to assist:

sole traders and self-employed people. They will be able to meet mutual obligation requirements by continuing to operate their businesses.
permanent employees who have been stood down or lost their job.
people caring for someone infected or in isolation as a result of contact with Coronavirus.

The following eligibility criteria have also been temporarily waived, for
certain payments:

the assets test
the Ordinary Waiting Period (already waived until 12 June 2020)
the Liquid Assets Waiting Period
the Seasonal Workers Preclusion Period
the Newly Arrived Residents Waiting Period.

Also from 25 March 2020, access to payments will become easier with a
temporary removal of the requirement for an Employment Separation Certificate,
proof of rental arrangements and verification of relationship status.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Not clear if these are all of the expansions
This response does a great job going into detail about who the eligibility has been expanded to. It also talks about which criteria has been temporarily waived. Very detailed answer

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Excellent