More than six million Australians will receive a one-off $250 payment from the Federal Government to help ease the cost of living on items such as groceries, fuel and rent.
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The payment, which is expected to cost the government $1.5 billion will be made to a select group of Australians including pensioners, carers and veterans.
Who will get $250 from Centrelink?
The 250 Government Payment 2022 will not be received by everyone and the people who receive one or more of the following payments are eligible:
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• Double Orphan Pension
• Special Benefit
• Farm Household Allowance
• Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) holders
• Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders
• Eligible Veterans’ Affairs payment recipients and Veteran Gold card holders
• Disability Support Pension
• Parenting Payment
• Carer Payment
• Carer Allowance (if not in receipt of a primary income support payment)
• Jobseeker Payment
• Youth Allowance
• Austudy and Abstudy Living Allowance
• Age Pension
The payments will be made sometime in April 2022 and it is worthy to note that a specific timeline/date has not been given for the payments.
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