Annual General Adjustment 2022 and Related Regulatory Changes

31 March 2022.

The Annual General Adjustment is a statutory requirement to adjust rates of social assistance on 1 April each year. Additional policy changes, such increases to main benefit and student support rates agreed through Budget 2021, are also being progressed on 1 April through this process. Indexing the Blind Subsidy thresholds is part of the Annual General Adjustment of benefit rates and thresholds.