Welfare System and Services in Australia

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WELFARE SYSTEM AND SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA
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WELFARE SYSTEM AND SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA
Unemployment is defined as the state or situation of a person where the person is
jobless and is in need for a job. In the modern world, due to lack of proper jobs and the
overflowing population rate, there is a dearth of jobs and is increasing the rate of population
at a major pace (Hall et al. 2012). The following essay is to analyse the unemployment
problem in Australia and the benefits from Centrelink which is received by the people of the
organization. The following paragraphs highlight the analysis of the benefits along with the
recommendations for the betterment of the benefit.
Australia has welfare system to assist the citizens as well as the natives who are either
unemployed or do not have the resources to support themselves get the required amount of
benefit in terms of money from the government for overcoming their disability and
incapacity.
There are a lot of circumstances that led to the development of the welfare system in
Australia like unemployment benefits, social policies, and age pension and welfare reforms.
The development of Australian welfare system is done to allocate the required amount of
funds for the people who are needful for the entire process. The circumstances for the
development of the welfare system is the need for work and the lack of the needful working
style.
According to Hart, (2013), Centrelink or the Centrelink Master Program is defined as
the type of government payment service that is under the Department of Human Service of
the Australian Government. The program delivers a host of services including payment to the
people who have retired and also to the unemployed people who need payments from the
range of 16-24 years of age.

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The unemployment benefits of Centrelink can be termed from many facets and
can also be said to make sure that each of the person of the Australian unemployment
community is getting their dues in the time. The payment service is a circumstance based
service which means that the amount of money received by the person will depend on the
type of circumstance that the people will be in. The type of service is received by them on a
bi-weekly basis and will vary from one person to another in the prolonged time span.
In addition to the other payments that have been mentioned above, the job seekers of
the Australian government is given a number of benefits as per the strategies of the program.
The person who is liable to receive the payments is to be above 22 years of age and is paid
approximately $500 for a fortnight for single people and the rate goes up to $450 per person
for a couple. This rate is fixed by the Department of Human Services and the age of the
students who enrol for the service should be between 16-21 years of age (Forgione, 2014).
Other than the allowance given for their living, the unemployed people are
given an amount of money for rent purpose, either in a single way or in a joint venture. The
amount that is being given on rent can exceed upto $124 per two weeks for a person and $116
for a couple (Wong, 2013).
Medical help is also granted to the unemployed people and also given chances for the
betterment of their health by engrossing in a number of benefits in the concerned span of
time. The allowance given to the people are inclusive of the medical and the lifestyle charges
that are there in the country. These medical helps will be much crucial for the unemployed
people within the country of Australia. It is because the many people are seen to be in distress
while it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to provide them the necessary aids
that are required for the proper living of them.