Appendix 2 - Commonwealth Rent Assistance: Impact on rates of Schedule 3 of the bill

Appendix 2Commonwealth Rent Assistance: Impact on rates of Schedule 3 of the bill

Circumstances

Rent thresholds

Maximum fortnightly CRA rate

To receive any CRA

To receive maximumCRA

Current

As would be increased by Schedule 2

With children; paid with Family Tax Benefit PartA

Single, 1 or 2 dependentchildren

$184.38

$430.97

$184.94

$212.66

Single, 3 or more dependentchildren

$184.38

$462.70

$208.74

$240.10

Couple, 1 or 2 dependentchildren

272.44

$519.03

$184.94

$212.66

Couple, 3 or more dependentchildren

272.44

$550.76

$208.74

$240.10

Without children; paid with income support

Single

$140.40

$350.00

$157.20

$180.80

Single, sharer

$140.40

$280.14

$104.80

$120.53

Couple

$227.40

$424.74

$148.00

$170.20

Member of a couple separated by illness, respite care or imprisonment

$140.40

$350.00

$157.20

$180.80

Member of a couple temporarily separated

$140.40

$337.74

$148.00

$170.20

Source: Don Arthur, Michael Klapdor and Matthew Thomas, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) Bill 2023, BillsDigest No. 88, 2022-23, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2023, pp. 21–22 at Tables 3–4. (Sources cited there by Arthur et al: Services Australia (SA), A guide to Australian Government payments: 20 March 2023–30 June 2023, (Canberra: SA, 2023); and Parliamentary Library estimates based on Schedule 3 of the bill.)