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Additional payments and benefits

If you qualify for Newstart Allowance, you may be entitled to additional payments and benefits, which include:

• Education Entry Payment
• Rent Assistance
• Telephone Allowance
• Pharmaceutical Allowance
• Work for the Dole Supplement
• Remote Area Allowance
• Advance Payment of Newstart Allowance
• Health Care Card or Pension Concession Card
• Pensioner Education Supplement
• Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program Supplement

There are also a number of specific services and programmes you can use when you are looking for work:

• Australian Job Search
• Career Information Centre
• Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP)
• Community Work
• Employment Preparation
• Employment Service for Age Pensioners
• Green Corp
• Indigenous Job Search
• Job Network
• Job Placement, Employment and Training
• Job Placement Services
• Job Search Support
• Job Search Facilities
• Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP)
• National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition
• Australian Apprenticeship Access Program
• Australian Apprenticeship Centres
• New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
• Social Work Services
• Voluntary Work
• Wage Assistance
• Wage Subsidies
• Work for the Dole
• Workplace Modifications

• Other payments we offer
• Services and programmes you can use