If a recipient has over $11,500 in liquid assets their payments can be temporarily paused.

If a recipient has over $11,500 in liquid assets their payments can be temporarily paused.
Many will be able to apply to receive both.
Unions, peak bodies and activists have given the changes a thoroughly mixed reception.
Any remaining hope Australia could be headed for a quick, V-shaped recovery may have been shredded by the latest payroll figures.
Despite the raise, they remain one of the demographics hardest-hit by the recession.