Who it affects
If you get a payment from us and live in Perth, the Peel region or the Kimberley region in Western Australia, you may be on enhanced Income Management if:
- a child protection authority refers you
- you volunteer for enhanced Income Management
- you have a payment nominee on enhanced Income Management.
If you’ve been referred for enhanced Income Management, we’ll send you a letter.
If you want to volunteer
You can volunteer for enhanced Income Management if you get a payment from us and live in the following areas of Western Australia:
- Metropolitan Perth, Peel region, or Kimberley region
- Ngaanyatjarra (NG) Lands and Kiwirrkurra
- Goldfields region, or Kununurra or Wyndham in the East Kimberley region.
If you live in Western Australia but outside of these locations, you are not able to volunteer for enhanced Income Management. There are locations in other states where people can volunteer.
If you volunteer, you must stay on enhanced Income Management for at least 13 weeks.
If you want to volunteer for enhanced Income Management, call the SmartCard eIM hotline.
If you are on Income Management
If you are on Income Management, with or without a BasicsCard, you can choose to move to enhanced Income Management.
Call the SmartCard eIM hotline to talk about your options.