During this period, no payment suspensions or financial penalties will apply if you don’t meet your requirements.
You must still report any income you and your partner get every 2 weeks, even if it’s $0. This is so we can pay you the right amount.
You can stay up to date with information about pauses of mutual obligation or participation requirements by continuing to check this page for updates.
You can also read more about pause of obligations on the Workforce Australia website. This includes notifications, what happens during a pause and what you need to do when the pause ends.
If you’re unable to meet your requirements for any reason, you should speak to your provider.
Current pauses
There’s currently no national pause of requirements.
There’s currently no pause of requirements in ACT.
There’s currently a pause of requirements due to impacts from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred from 4 March 2025 to 3 April 2025 inclusive. The pause applies to the following Local Government Areas:
Byron
Richmond Valley
Tweed.
Ballina
Kyogle
Lismore.
There’s currently no pause of requirements in NT.
There’s currently a pause of requirements due to impacts from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred from 4 March 2025 to 3 April 2025 inclusive. The pause applies to the following Local Government Areas:
Redland
Brisbane
Scenic Rim
Logan
Balonne
Western Downs
Lockyer Valley
Maranoa
Goondiwindi
Toowoomba
Southern Downs
Banana
Gold Coast
Somerset
Moreton Bay
Noosa
North Burnett
Cherbourg
Gympie
South Burnett
Bundaberg
Fraser Coast
Sunshine Coast
Ipswich.
There’s also currently a pause of requirements for participants in the Community Development Program (CDP) from 27 March 2025 to 9 April 2025 inclusive. The pause for CDP participants applies to CDP Regions 45 - South West Region and 46 - Central West Region.
There’s currently no pause of requirements in SA.
There’s currently no pause of requirements in TAS.
There’s currently no pause of requirements in VIC.
This information was printed 31 March 2025 from https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/pause-requirements. It may not include all of the relevant information on this topic. Please consider any relevant site notices at https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/site-notices when using this material.