Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020 (22 of 2020)

Schedule 11   Additional support for income support recipients

Part 1   Main amendments

Social Security Act 1991

34   At the end of Division 4 of Part 2.14

Add:

710 COVID-19 supplement

(1) If a person is receiving sickness allowance, the rate of the person's sickness allowance is increased by the amount of the COVID-19 supplement. The increase begins on 27 April 2020.

(2) The amount of the COVID-19 supplement per fortnight is:

(a) $550, unless paragraph (b) applies; or

(b) if an amount is determined under subsection (3) - that amount.

(3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine an amount for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b).