Community Services Card

It brings a $350 cost of living payment for some, and increases the cost of public transport for others.

Steve is a lawyer making $96,000, while Craig works as a part-time sales assistant and makes $25,000 while he studies. Luke works as a personal trainer making $71,000 while Laura works as a sales manager for an ad firm and makes $75,000. In the second half of next year rules are changing, so sole parents on a benefit receive their children's child support payments. Luke and Laura are millennials living in Auckland, where they are desperately saving for a house. From these sources, the Petrovs receive $998.15 each week. They live with Jasmine’s sister and her two children. As a retiree, Steve receives the Winter Energy Payment. This means he is not eligible for the one-off $350 payment. She is not in work, but is eligible for Sole Parent Support of $442.15 per week. The Bennetts do not receive the Winter Energy Payment, which means both Fraser and Joan will receive the one-off cost of living payment announced in Budget 2022. But because Selena is eligible for the Winter Energy Payment, she will not receive the Government's cost of living payment of $350. As a renter, she receives the Accommodation Supplement of $220 each week. During winter, she also receives the Winter Energy Payment of $31.82 a week.