Originally Posted by
elZorro
I had a look at WFF, that's $157, and Jobseeker is $389.30 for a couple. Pay is $100 (all these will have tax taken off yet). I'm still about $100 shy of your figure. Maybe accommodation supplement? Take off rent of at least $300 for a 3 brm home and there won't be much left for food, running a car. You could rent cheaper in the provinces, but as Nelson is finding, jobs aren't that easy to come by there, either.
I find most of the govt websites are horrendous to navigate, they spread the information about in heaps of links and pages, then it's not well presented at all, so you still can't find out anything. What is the point of mentioning an allowance of govt money, without saying clearly that in-hand you'll get a smaller amount, as the govt will take some back first? Each of the available support rates should be combined on some page as well, there aren't that many combinations surely. Unless the whole idea is to confuse.