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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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
Hi Kitten.. just had a quick squiz through this thread.. regarding evening work.. i have just started working again since having Krystal.. i work in a take-away shop, just a small business.. not maccas or anything. i get paid $15 an hour, and do wed, thurs, fri nigths 5-9pm. its not hard work(being on your feet does take it out of you) the hours are short, and its a bit extra money. dp & Krystal do their own dinner on those nights, and i eat after work.
its worked out really well for us, im happy i found this job, rather than a job in a clothes shop at a shopping centre.. which is what i WAS originally looing for. maybe some work like that could help out with some extra $$$. i never even thought iof working in a take away shop, but its actually really fun, and i enjoy going to work. also living in a small town.. ive got to know a lot of local people.. which means my quic trips to teh supermarket take a little longer as i have to keep stopping to chat to people!
(also,i let them know im available to cover for someone who is sick, or perhaps for a few hours on the weekend if they need some dishes washed or something like that..)
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I've just come across this post after doing some research myself about my DH going back to full time work or study..It seems if his studying and works a bit earning 900 a fortnight my part-parenting and Family tax A/B would be 686 so basically full rate...if his on newstart it would be 591, which is nearly a hundred less and if he was claiming nothing it would be 606..go figure how they work all this out...We are living oversea at the moment and are coming home as i'm pregnant with our second and are madly trying to workout how we can afford the mortgage. As I can't go back to work yet..Which was the orginal plan.Anyway go checkout the centrelink estimator...It takes a while but give you some information their not that keen to tell you...hope that helps and goodluck with the study, my DH pretty keen to finish his degree as well..
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