QLD Will Marrying Non-Permanent Resident Affect Newstart Allowance?

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13 June 2016
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If a Newstart Allowance / Age Pension recipient marries a non-permanent resident, how will that affect his/her Newstart Allowance / Age Pension payment?
 

Tim W

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The Centrelink client will be required to disclose their new marital status,
and their entitlement will be re-calculated based on Joint Assets and Income Tests.

And just to be clear (since this is often the back-story to a question of this kind),
getting married to an Australian citizen (or to a P/R)
does not in itself create any right for the foreigner to stay in Australia.

What is the background to your question?
 
13 June 2016
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The Centrelink client will be required to disclose their new marital status,
and their entitlement will be re-calculated based on Joint Assets and Income Tests.

And just to be clear (since this is often the back-story to a question of this kind),
getting married to an Australian citizen (or to a P/R)
does not in itself create any right for the foreigner to stay in Australia.

What is the background to your question?
Thank you. I was aware of the clarification.