pete_finlay
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so im going back to uni next year, and centrelink/youth allowance has just been reformed in the budget
i am 22 now - going back to uni next year full time
they are lowering the age of independence from 25 years to 22 years. does this mean i will automatically qualify as independent and therefore receive the higher youth allowance rates? i fail to see how this is a saving of money like it is being advertised as?
also, if not, i am currently working f/t and have been since january this year - i plan on returning to uni semester 2 next year, so that would give me 18 months of full time work in the last 2 years to qualify as independent. my question is, if i take a 2 month holiday in march and april, will this mean they will only say i have worked 16 months, even thouhg i am still employed/on the books during the time?
also, i have been working since i finished school, and have earnt 20k in an 18 month period already. how do i prove this? do i need to produce group certificates etc? my issue is that group certificates are for 12 month blocks obviously, and i dont have seperate payslips to show the continuous next 6 months. this was also back in 2005-2006 that i held the same job for 2 years that i reached this. would that still be considered valid?
thanks
i am 22 now - going back to uni next year full time
they are lowering the age of independence from 25 years to 22 years. does this mean i will automatically qualify as independent and therefore receive the higher youth allowance rates? i fail to see how this is a saving of money like it is being advertised as?
also, if not, i am currently working f/t and have been since january this year - i plan on returning to uni semester 2 next year, so that would give me 18 months of full time work in the last 2 years to qualify as independent. my question is, if i take a 2 month holiday in march and april, will this mean they will only say i have worked 16 months, even thouhg i am still employed/on the books during the time?
also, i have been working since i finished school, and have earnt 20k in an 18 month period already. how do i prove this? do i need to produce group certificates etc? my issue is that group certificates are for 12 month blocks obviously, and i dont have seperate payslips to show the continuous next 6 months. this was also back in 2005-2006 that i held the same job for 2 years that i reached this. would that still be considered valid?
thanks