New Permanent Residents

New permanent residents will have to wait four years to be eligible for social security safety net payments.

These include:

• Family Tax Benefit B (previous wait - 0 years)

• Family Tax Benefit A (previous wait - 1 year)

• Carer allowance (previous wait - 1 year)

• Carer payment (previous wait - 2 years)

• Parental Leave Pay/Dad and Partner Pay (previous wait - 2 years)