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In Australia, I have a friend requesting help because she cannot work due to cancer and her husband cannot work to care for her. Doesn’t Australia have welfare and paid leave to take care of family?Sure! But Social Security payments are only available to Australian permanent residents & citizens. If your friend meets the residency criteria and has professionally diagnosed cancer then all her medical care is free, and if she isn’t working,she’d be getting support payments as well.If your friend’s husband is her full time carer and meets specified criteria (like being an Australian resident) then he can apply for a carers payment (pension).Australian Government Department of Human ServicesOne of my sons had Leukemia and was in and out of hospital from the age of 17yo to 22yo. Had every treatment known to modern medicine before he ultimately died of pneumonia as a result of his failed immune system. Medical costs=zero; plus he got support payments to live on when he couldn’t work. At times, his girlfriend had to become his full time carer, and she got support payments from the government for doing so.My cousin became my aunties full time carer when she was declared legally blind, and needed full time care. He & his siblings got together to figure out what to do. As he was unmarried and had no dependents, he volunteered to give up his job and become his mother’s full time carer, and applied for a carers payment (pension) at Centrelink** (which handles social security).** Centrelink is now officially called “The Department for Human Services”.Instinct tells me your friend is just playing the system. I had a distant cousin that cried “I’ve got cancer” to try to raise funds for what turned out to be for an overseas holiday. She was raking in more than enough income from social security and other allowances to live comfortably.I’m on an Australian aged pension, and with the various discounts & other allowances available to me, I have surplus income = more than I need = I have no inclination to waste money going for a cruise on the QE2.

Yes and no.Some people were getting that amount. But it's not all “covid relief" or “stimulus" payments. Some of it is pensions, unemployment, carers payments, disability, etc.As an example: Unemployed people get $565.70 per fortnight. Until September 2020, there was an additional $550 per fortnight covid relief. Then it was $250. As of January 2021, the relief part is down to $100. The $565.70 unemployment payment still stands.Yes, Australia looks after the welfare of its citizens. This payment allowed the people to lock down properly and effectively, so Covid-19 infection rates dropped to very low levels.And Australians don't get “checks", or cheques. It's paid directly into your bank account.If you're on the JobSeeker payment, here's how much you can now expect to get

I don't know what country you live in but in Australia depending on how High your child's needs are compared to other kids the same age, there are two payments you may be eligible forCarer Allowance is an income supplement available to people who provide daily care and attention in a private home to a person with disability or a severe medical condition. It can be paid in addition to a social security income support payment.Carer Payment provides income support to people who, because of the demands of their caring role, are unable to support themselves through substantial paid employment. Carer Payment is income and assets tested and paid at the same rate as other social security pensionsYou may be able to receive both payments again this in Australia though