{"id":2099,"date":"2019-03-31T20:57:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T20:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2019-03-31T20:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T20:57:32","slug":"one-off-energy-payment-to-help-3-9-million-australians-with-their-next-energy-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/31\/one-off-energy-payment-to-help-3-9-million-australians-with-their-next-energy-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Off Energy Payment to Help 3.9 Million Australians With Their Next Energy Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 3.9 million Australians will receive a one-off Energy Assistance Payment to help with their next energy bill and cost of living expenses.<br \/>\nThe payment of $75 for singles and $125 for eligible couples will be exempt from income tax and will be paid automatically before the end of the current financial year, subject to the passage of legislation.<br \/>\nThe Government is able to deliver this assistance because our responsible budget management allows us to guarantee the essential services Australians rely on.<br \/>\nIt will provide additional support to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.4 million Australians receiving the Age Pension;<\/li>\n<li>744,000 recipients of the Disability Support Pension;<\/li>\n<li>280,000 carers receiving the Carer Payment;<\/li>\n<li>242,000 Parenting Payment Single recipients; and<\/li>\n<li>225,000 veterans and their dependants receiving eligible payments from the Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guaranteeing essential services is part of our plan for a stronger economy and securing a better future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 3.9 million Australians will receive a one-off Energy Assistance Payment to help with their next energy bill and cost of living expenses. The payment of $75 for singles and $125 for eligible couples will be exempt from income tax and will be paid automatically before the end of the current financial year, subject &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/31\/one-off-energy-payment-to-help-3-9-million-australians-with-their-next-energy-bill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One-Off Energy Payment to Help 3.9 Million Australians With Their Next Energy Bill&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}