Living & work · Work and Income
Living-cost support while looking for work or temporarily reducing or stopping work for health reasons.
Check age (usually 18+, or 20+ with children), work capacity or job search, your and your partner’s income, residency and residence history. Full-time students should check StudyLink.
Follow the official page to MyMSD or contact Work and Income. Prepare identity and supporting documents.
Have identity and residence details, income or asset information, and any relevant medical, tenancy, care or study evidence ready. The official application page decides the exact documents required.
These figures and dates depend on your circumstances and policy changes; iKoru does not estimate them.
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The May announcement describes expanded rules-based automated decisions and changes to circumstances checks, medical evidence and dependent-child information, while retaining decision-review rights.
Source checked: 2026-09-28
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