Oh I hear ya! I did the same too, it was sooo bloody hard.
I'd be qualified by now....
Eeer yuck FDC. Why don't you try nightfill - you dont have to worry about CC costs?
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Oh I hear ya! I did the same too, it was sooo bloody hard.
I'd be qualified by now....
Eeer yuck FDC. Why don't you try nightfill - you dont have to worry about CC costs?
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Yeah true Lulu, i might look into that - so many options, never enough money! lol.
Might work out to have more money in my pocket as a checkout chick rather than my current role and paying child care! Its so crazy.
Anyone else have any ideas for evening roles? I can afford to have a full 6 months off work but then i need some form of income - so from around July next year.
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kitt3n- may i ask how old you are???
My DP earns more than $899 a fortnight and i still get money...
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sure hollye - i am 26 (27 on monday arrgghh!!) and he is 31. Do you think that would make a difference?
Just one or two hundred more dollars a fortnight and i dont think it would be worth going back to work full time until at least the end of next fin year! (09/10 i mean)
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im not too sure but unless ur DP is earning millions u will still get some sort of money. ur best bet is to give them a call and inquire. u dont have to tell them who u are or anything, just ask them what ur options would be.
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lol now wouldnt that be nice! no he isnt.
Yeah i will call and see what they say, thanks guys.
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Kitten - i've only just stumbled across this one sorry hun! esp seeing i was mentioned in the opening post! oopsie!
just thought i'd clarify - the numbers Lulu floated are kinda right - if YOU earn $899, you'll get no Austudy, but if you have NO other income, it's only your partners income ABOVE that level that impacts you (it's a bit complex) - essentially, if you have no income at all (i'm assuming here, so don't shoot me!), basically the first 900 your partner earns doesn't impact you at all - anything over that, and his income reduces your payment by 60c in the dollar - so yes, he can earn more than that (but i can see how lulu got the info confuzzled - the website isn't exactly black and white!) - from what i can work out in my head (cos i can't be bothered looking up exact numbers), if your partners income is between 900 and around 1400 (and as i say, i'm guessing), you'd get a part payment - correct that, i just guesstimated partner income at 1400 for Austudy (nil for you) and got all of 80c per fortnight of Austudy! looks like the thresholds are very similar to those for parenting payment partnered
there is also an assetts test, so if you have a lot of "stuff" apart from your principle home, it might impact you.
if i were you, i would go to the site and run a centrelink RATE estimator - only do the rate estimator, not the families one. that will tell you, based on your partners pre-tax income each fortnight
FWIW - if you're on income support (even getting only a few dollars of Austudy a fortnight), you'll automatically get max rate FTBA (about 150 per kidlet per fortnight) max rate rent assistance, max rate ccb. you might lose a small amount of ftbb as you will have a taxable income - but if you're only getting a few dollars a fortnight, you won't hit the threshold for reducing your ftbb very easily
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