Thousands To Lose Centrelink Payments Over Immunisation Issue


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Thousands of parents nationwide will be denied a portion of their Centrelink payments if they have not immunised their children.

According to a report by Nine News, changes to the 'no jab, no play' policy will affect fortnightly Centrelink payments. 

Currently, parents who have not immunised their children lose their Family Tax Benefit A supplement payment at the end of the year.

This amount is around the $700 mark, with the new 'no jab, no play' instead seeing $28 taken from their fortnightly payment as well.

While the amount lost will be around the same annually, this move it is to incentivise families to vaccinate their children immediately.

 

 

14 September 2017




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