RENT REBATE
Aug 21st 2009, 2:27 pm
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RENT REBATE
Sure I read somewhere you can get a rebate on your rent if your salary is low. If so what income are looking at if you are entitled to it as initially I would be on one salary averaging $60000-70000. reason I ask is that rent seems high in comparison to UK. prices seem to be $300-400 in area I am going.
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Aug 21st 2009, 2:59 pm
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Re: RENT REBATE
Sure I read somewhere you can get a rebate on your rent if your salary is low. If so what income are looking at if you are entitled to it as initially I would be on one salary averaging $60000-70000. reason I ask is that rent seems high in comparison to UK. prices seem to be $300-400 in area I am going.
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By Qld standards the rent to Wages standard looks OK.
Aug 21st 2009, 3:23 pm
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pollyana where do you work by the way is it for QAS?
Aug 21st 2009, 11:14 pm
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Re: RENT REBATE
Sure I read somewhere you can get a rebate on your rent if your salary is low. If so what income are looking at if you are entitled to it as initially I would be on one salary averaging $60000-70000. reason I ask is that rent seems high in comparison to UK. prices seem to be $300-400 in area I am going.
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Elligiblity and income levels for rent assistance for Queensland.....
http://www.housing.qld.gov.au/loans/pdf/rentalgrant.pdf
http://www.housing.qld.gov.au/loans/...ome_limits.pdf
....and Centrelink
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/interne...t_eligible.htm
At the income you quoted, I don't think you would successfully fulfill the income criteria......
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Aug 21st 2009, 11:54 pm
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Aug 22nd 2009, 2:29 am
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Re: RENT REBATE
you know what vacancies there are at QAS. waiting for job offer
paramedic jobs that is
paramedic jobs that is
Aug 22nd 2009, 10:05 am
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Re: RENT REBATE
Sure I read somewhere you can get a rebate on your rent if your salary is low. If so what income are looking at if you are entitled to it as initially I would be on one salary averaging $60000-70000. reason I ask is that rent seems high in comparison to UK. prices seem to be $300-400 in area I am going.
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$400 a week is typical rent for a house in Australia.
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Aug 22nd 2009, 10:30 am
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Re: RENT REBATE
I looked into this, and if we had PR, on my hubby's $59,000 salary on a $340 a week house, we would have been given $80 a fortnight.
Aug 22nd 2009, 10:42 am
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The rent rebate does depend on how many children you have, how old they are, and what your family income is.
The current threshold is close to $94,000 a year. Any higher than that and you are classed as earning enough to not need any benefit.
The current threshold is close to $94,000 a year. Any higher than that and you are classed as earning enough to not need any benefit.
Aug 22nd 2009, 9:17 pm
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thanks for replies. got two children as well so will have to look into this.
Aug 22nd 2009, 11:18 pm
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Also some of them may go on the Govt jobs site - www.jobs.qld.gov.au
Aug 22nd 2009, 11:30 pm
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Re: RENT REBATE
moneypenny where abouts on the gold coast coast do you live?
i WOULD LIKE to be close to amenities but quiet enough to escape traffic and busy.
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i WOULD LIKE to be close to amenities but quiet enough to escape traffic and busy.
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Aug 25th 2009, 12:11 am
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Re: RENT REBATE
Hi Gary, I recently joined NSW amb. Started in March and as the financial year ends at July I got full Family Tax benefit and rent assistance. From July though based an Ambos wage, Family tax benefit down to $100 per fortnight and no rent assistance. As said earlier, the wages as an ambo are not considered LOW but cost of renting is high in comparison to UK. You should see Sydney prices!!
