The proposal would implement the following changes to income support payments:

• Income support payments would be increased above the poverty line.
• The new partner rate would be 75% of the single rate.
• Key supplements would be incorporated into the base income support payments.
• Income support payments would be indexed twice a year to the higher of the average weekly earnings (AWE) and consumer price index (CPI).
• The following requirements would be removed:
  – the liquid assets waiting period;
  – the one week waiting period; and
  – the third-party verification claim.

Families, including single parents, would still be eligible for Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments and supplements as under the current system.

The proposal would commence on 1 July 2025 and be ongoing.