Energy supplement

The energy supplement (ES) is a supplementary payment that commenced on 20 September 2014. It was previously known as the clean energy supplement (CES). It is a fixed nominal amount; the supplement is neither indexed nor increased each year. There is no means testing.

energy_supplement(qualifying_payment, has_partner = FALSE,
  n_dependants = 0L, age = 21, lives_at_home = FALSE,
  independent = FALSE, isjspceoalfofcoahodeoc = FALSE,
  long_term = FALSE, per = c("year", "fortnight", "quarter"))

Arguments

qualifying_payment	A character vector designating the payment type the individual is entitled to. Valid strings are pension All pensions and bereavement allowance seniors health card Commonwealth Seniors Health Card disability pension Disability support pension (over 21) allowance All allowances not elsewhere described, viz. Newstart allowance, Widow allowance, Partner allowance, Sickness allowance parenting Parenting payments youth allowance Youth allowance (but not receiving youth disability supplement) youth disability Youth allowance but also receiving youth disability supplement austudy Austudy recipients
has_partner	(logical, default: FALSE) Does the individual have a partner? For persons with partners but separated due to the partner's illness or imprisonment, this may be true or false depending on the eligibility of the qualifying payment.
n_dependants	How many dependants does the individual have? Default is zero.
age	The age of the individual.
lives_at_home	(logical, default: FALSE) Does the individual live at home?
independent	(logical, default: FALSE) For persons under 21, is the person 'independent'?
isjspceoalfofcoahodeoc	Is the recipient a single job seeker principal carer, either of large family or foster child/ren, or who is a home or distance educator of child/ren?
long_term	Is the individual a long-term welfare recipient?
per	Dictates whether the result is per year, per fortnight, or per quarter. By default, yearly payments are returned, with a message. Payments are generally made each fortnight though recipients can elect to have them paid quarterly.

Source

Social Security Guide by the Department of Social Services. Chapter 5, ‘Payment rates’, s. 5.1.10.20 “Clean Energy Household Assistance: current rates”. http://guides.dss.gov.au/guide-social-security-law/5/1/10/20

Value

The energy supplement for each individual. Arguments are recycled, but only if length-one.