What's new
22 August 2025
De facto relationships for 16 and 17 year olds
Map has been updated to remove out-of-date information about de facto relationships for 16 and 17 year olds.
If a client or their partner is 16 or 17 years old, they can only be treated as a couple if they have an order from a Family Court Judge giving consent for the de facto relationship.
See:
- Core policy De facto relationship (definition)
- Core policy Partners under 18 years
- Jobseeker Support Age
- Jobseeker Support Youth activity obligations
- Supported Living Payment Age
- Jobseeker Support Student Hardship Age
- Young Parent Payment Young people who are in a relationship
- Youth Payment Young people who are in a relationship
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21 August 2025
Sole Parent Support - Study or training and transferring to Jobseeker Support
The grandparented full-time study provision which allowed some clients who were in full-time study on 14 July 2013, to continue to study full-time for up to 2 years from 15 July 2013, expired on 19 July 2015.
The following page has been updated to reflect that this provision is no longer available:
When discussing study or training options with Sole Parent Support clients, MSD should consider when the client will transfer to Jobseeker Support.
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17 August 2025
Retirement payments
Map has been updated to clarify how retirement payments are treated for benefit purposes. See, for example:
- Jobseeker Support Retirement payments
