Please click here to view this information or follow the links in the more user-friendly design of the data base, allowing for direct access to related information. To increase the incentives for low to middle income families to earn additional income a 30 per cent taper rate will replace the 100 per cent withdrawal rate for beneficiaries with an income above the treshold. Means-tested family assistance related to family income and number of children provides tax relief and cash payments for dependent children up to the age of 18.
Students are eligible for a means tested allowance.
Child Disability Allowance for children needing substantially more care is not means-tested and available up to age 16 or older if student. Persons with dependent children who are in receipt of a pension, a benefit or an allowance, get a higher family allowance. A means-tested parental payment is granted to single or partnered parents who have the care of a dependent child or children under the age of 16. To increase the incentives for low to middle income families to earn additional income a 30 per cent taper rate will replace the 100 per cent withdrawal rate for beneficiaries with an income above the treshold. Child Disability Allowance for children needing substantially more care is not means-tested and available up to age 16 or older if student.