Australia, which established its social security system in 1910, is one of the earliest and best countries in the world to have a social welfare system. Its benefits can be said to be numerous, including: free medical care, milk powder, kindergarten subsidies, and so on. Free education, loans to college, etc.
Today, take stock of the Australian welfare that you must not know!
Child care subsidy-related Family Tax Benefit
The family tax welfare policy of government in Australia is divided into two parts: welfare A and Welfare B.
Benefit A is not applicable to single parent-child families that require additional autonomy or to families with only one income, so government has a special benefit category B subsidy.
Welfare A
The Family Tax Benefit Part A: grants the benefit as long as it has children. This amount of distribution is related to the total income of the family.
Welfare criteria:
Basic allowance: $58.66 per child per fortnight;
Maximum limit:
Welfare B
As long as there are children, the grant is granted. This amount of distribution is related to the income of the lower income of the parents. This is equivalent to subsidizing families where one parent works and the other does not work and has children at home.
Specific welfare criteria:
Rent Assistance
As long as there are children, who are also rental, there will be a rental subsidy, the maximum amount is $140 a week. This amount of distribution is related to the total income of the family, but also to the rent.
Child Care Benefit
The child went to kindergarten before the grant was granted. This amount of distribution is related to the total income of the family.
Child Care Rebate
Children go to kindergarten and parents work / school for at least 15 hours a week.
: with effect from 2 July 2018, the existing child care benefit (Child Care Benefit) and child care allowance (Child Care Rebate) will be replaced by the newly established childcare benefit (Child Care Subsidy).
The primary prerequisite for receiving a childcare grant is that parents must work, study and find jobs, or volunteer for at least eight hours within two weeks to receive the new allowance.
The specific subsidies are as follows:
Households earning less than A $65710 a year: 85% of the subsidy rate;
Households with an annual income of A $170710-250000: a subsidy rate of 50%;
Households earning more than A $350000 a year: no subsidy.
Fertility subsidy related
A) Paid Parental Leave/Baby Bonus
Government paid maternity leave / maternity allowance. These are two different benefits, one of which can only be chosen.
B) Maternity Immunisation Allowance vaccine allowance
Every new child in Australia has a blue book. This is a record of a child growing up at the age of 0 / 9, keeping track of the child's weight, height, head circumference, vaccination, and so on. So every time a routine check-up, mom had to take this blue book with her. At the end of this sub-page is the vaccination schedule and vaccination rating form, which is to record the name, number, date of injection, due date, signature of the injecting doctor and signature of the guardian of each vaccination. If your baby can get all the vaccines on schedule for 0-5-year-olds, government will pay the vaccine allowance twice, $129 a time.
C) benefits for newborn babies
The first prerequisite for applying for the benefit is that if parents apply for paid maternity leave under the child's name, they will lose their eligibility to apply for neonatal benefits.
Newborn benefit benefits are paid on a one-time basis. The amount of the subsidy is as follows:
First child benefit: $2158.89, if the first child is multi-child, each child can receive A $2158.89;
Second birth or above: $1080.54;
D) Father or partner benefits
Fathers who apply for unpaid leave to take care of their children receive $657 a week (pre-tax), up to a two-week allowance.
Compulsory education welfare
Primary and secondary schools
Free education in public schools for 12 years in primary and secondary schools. (excluding book fees and school uniforms.)
（高等学校） university
Tuition is lower than overseas students, and can apply for government loan, after work wages reach a certain level before starting to pay. Be entitled to a student allowance after the age of eighteen.
mass transit
The student stage has a special subsidy for travelling on public transport at a lower cost than the average fare.
Relief welfare
dole
Every two weeks:
Single $545.80;
Single with children $590.40;
Single, 60 +, $590.40 after nine months of benefit: partner $492.80 (per person).
Youth unemployment benefits
Every two weeks:
Single, childless, under 18, living with parents $244.10
Single, childless, under 18 years of age, leaving parents training or looking for work $445.80
Single, childless, older than 18, living with parents $293.60
Single, childless, older than 18 years old, living away from parents $445.80
Single, with children $584.20
Partner, childless $445.80
Partners, kids, $489.60.
Low income subsidy
Annual income is less than A $30, 000, and $300 a year.
Low-income family grant
The couple's total income is no more than 60, 000 Australian dollars, or $300 a year.
Unilateral low-income family benefit
You can still apply for $300 a year for a husband and wife who earn somewhere between 608 and one hundred and fifty thousand and a second who earns less than 10,008.
Medical related benefits
Universal medical benefits
Australia's National Health Insurance Scheme provides access to most free medical services, as well as free public hospital treatment for NHS patients.
The state will pay for patients: GP, surgery in public hospitals, hospitalization (including medicines and food). In general, Dr. GP and the hospital have a unified checkout with government, where patients only need to use a Medicare card rather than pay for it. Although government does not directly pay for the purchase of drugs for patients, it grants government subsidies to many prescription medicines through the Medicines subsidy Program.
Medical subsidy scheme
For the average patient, the maximum cost per purchase is $38.30,
After spending more than $1475.70, you only have to pay $6.20.
For the elderly, $6.20 a time, $372.00, no longer need to pay for the drug.
Pension system
A) Retirement Provident Fund
Under Australia's superannuation industry Act, all employers are required to provide employees with a minimum of 9% to 12% of their pre-tax wages of superannuation.
B) Pensions
Whether or not you have a retirement provident fund (superannuation) or whether you have a job, at a certain age, you can go to Centrelink to receive a pension. You don't have to pay any money to the government or an institution. The pension is an government benefit for the elderly.
* beginning in July 2018, all applicants must meet the requirement for a continuous residence in Australia for at least 15 years.
With so many kinds of welfare, it is no wonder that more and more people choose to emigrate to Australia; there is a free and friendly atmosphere, clean and clean air, excellent quality of life; Have a real estate here, really start to enjoy the pleasant life here!