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servicesaustralia.gov.au COVID-19 Disaster Payment Australia

Organization : Australian Government
Facility : COVID-19 Disaster Payment
Country : Australia
Website : https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/

COVID-19 Disaster Payment Australia

A support payment for workers adversely affected by a state public health order. This is a lump sum payment to help workers unable to earn income due to a COVID-19 lockdown, hotspot or period of restricted movement.

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The COVID-19 Disaster Payment can help you if you’re affected by COVID-19 restrictions.

Who Can Get It?

** You must meet all eligibility rules to get the COVID-19 Disaster Payment. You can get it even if you’re eligible on only one day of the relevant event dates.
** To get the payment, you need to meet the general eligibility rules and any rules for the COVID-19 health order that affected you.

** If you’re a member of a couple, you can both claim this payment. You and your partner will need to make separate claims.
** You can get this payment even if you’re eligible on only one day of a recognised COVID-19 period of restricted movement, lockdown or hotspot.

Key Eligibility Dates

These are the key dates for the recognised events.

Event Event dates Claims open Claims close
Parts of Sydney 1 July to 7 July 2021 1 July 2021 28 July 2021
Parts of Sydney 8 July to 14 July 2021 8 July 2021 4 August 2021
Parts of Sydney 15 July to 21 July 2021 15 July 2021 11 August 2021
Parts of Sydney 22 July to 28 July 2021 22 July 2021 18 August 2021
Parts of Sydney 29 July to 30 July 2021 29 July 2021 25 August 2021
Greater Sydney 4 July to 10 July 2021 4 July 2021 31 July 2021
Greater Sydney 11 July to 17 July 2021 11 July 2021 7 August 2021
Greater Sydney 18 July to 24 July 2021 18 July 2021 14 August 2021
Greater Sydney 25 July to 30 July 2021 25 July 2021 21 August 2021
All other areas of NSW 18 July to 30 July 2021 18 July 2021 21 August 2021
Victoria 16 July to 22 July 2021 23 July 2021 12 August 2021
Victoria 23 July to 27 July 2021 25 July 2021 19 August 2021
South Australia 20 July to 26 July 2021 28 July 2021 16 August 2021

How Much You Can Get?

We pay the COVID-19 Disaster Payment to you for each recognised lockdown, hotspot or period of restricted movement in your area.

First and second period for Sydney events :
** You’ll get the following amount for the first and second period of a restricted movement order for the Sydney events.

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** If you lost less than 20 hours work per week, you’ll get $325 for each relevant period, if you’re eligible.
** If you lost 20 hours or more of work per week, you’ll get $500 for each relevant period, if you’re eligible.

Third period and beyond for other events :
You’ll get the following amount for relevant periods starting from

** 15 July 2021 for people in parts of Sydney
** 18 July 2021 for people in Greater Sydney
** 18 July 2021 for people in all other areas in NSW
** 23 July 2021 for people in Victoria.
** 28 July 2021 for people in South Australia.

If you’re eligible, you’ll get $375 for each relevant period if you lost either
** between 8 and less than 20 hours of work per week
** a full day of your usual work hours per week.

If you lost 20 hours or more of work per week, you’ll get $600 for each relevant period, if you’re eligible.

A full day of your usual work is what you were scheduled to work but could not because of a restricted movement order. This includes not being able to attend a full time, part time or casual shift of less than 8 hours.

How To Claim?

Complete the following steps to claim the COVID-19 Disaster Payment.

If you’re an Australian resident :
Australian residents must claim online.

** To claim online you need a myGov account linked to a Centrelink online account. If you don’t have a myGov account, you can create one.
** If your myGov account isn’t linked to Centrelink, you can prove who you are through myGov to link to Centrelink.

If you’re an eligible working visa holder :
** If you hold a visa that gives you the right to work in Australia, you must call us on the Emergency information line to claim.
** If you want to talk to us in your language, call our Multilingual Phone Service.

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