❓ Mr. Ripper questions the disparity in eligibility for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card Scheme between recipients of the Carer Payment and Carer Allowance, and the Minister defends the exclusion based on income and asset testing criteria.
AnsweredQoN 6044Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the eligibility criteria for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card Scheme, and I ask:
(a) why is a person in receipt of a Centrelink Carer Payment eligible for the fuel card, but a person receiving the Centrelink Carer Allowance is not;
(b) does the Minister intend to make recipients of a Carer Allowance eligible for the Fuel Card; and
(i) if not, why not; and
(ii) if so, when will the eligibility criteria be amended to include those receiving a Carer Allowance; and
(c) if it is intended that people in receipt of a Carer Allowance and those in receipt of the Carer Payment are both eligible for the fuel card, has this been made clear to all agencies involved in the application process and has the published eligibility criteria been amended to note both types of Carer payments?
(a) why is a person in receipt of a Centrelink Carer Payment eligible for the fuel card, but a person receiving the Centrelink Carer Allowance is not;
(b) does the Minister intend to make recipients of a Carer Allowance eligible for the Fuel Card; and
(i) if not, why not; and
(ii) if so, when will the eligibility criteria be amended to include those receiving a Carer Allowance; and
(c) if it is intended that people in receipt of a Carer Allowance and those in receipt of the Carer Payment are both eligible for the fuel card, has this been made clear to all agencies involved in the application process and has the published eligibility criteria been amended to note both types of Carer payments?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
27 September 2011
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development
Response time
28 days
a) The Country Age Pension Fuel Card Scheme (Scheme) is only available to income and asset tested pension/benefit categories. The Centrelink Carer Allowance is excluded as additional entitlements are available to recipients of that benefit and therefore by definition, those pensioners have greater means available at their disposal.
(b) No.
(i) A policy review of the Scheme did not support incorporating pension/benefits outside income and asset categories that are not subject to income testing.
(ii) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
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(b) No.
(i) A policy review of the Scheme did not support incorporating pension/benefits outside income and asset categories that are not subject to income testing.
(ii) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
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