Victorian Government 250 payment

Victorian households to get $250 cash splash to counter 'greedy' energy companies ... Daniel Andrews has launched an ambitious new scheme for every Victorian ...

When asked about the program’s auditing process after multiple people in the same household applied for the Victorian Travel Voucher Scheme, Mr Andrews said he was “not aware” of any similar concerns raised from the previous two Power Saving Bonus programs. Mr Andrews also made it clear that he would not be “discouraging” anyone on a higher income from claiming the payment and looking for a better deal. The state government’s plan for a one-off $250 payment for every Victorian household has been backed by the opposition in a move Daniel Andrews hopes will help push back against “greedy” energy companies.

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews is splashing the cash with a $250 one-off payment in this week's budget.

The power program will run for one year, starting on July 1 to June 30, 2023. Every Victorian household will receive a one-off $250 payment to help lower the burden of energy prices. The $250 will help Victorians cope with rising costs of living, Mr Andrews said, with the Power Saving Bonus program to cost the state government $250 million.

The Victorian Government will give households a one-off $250 payment under the 2022/23 budget to help with rising cost-of-living expenses.

Ms D’Ambrosio said the new payment followed on from the government’s $50 power saving bonus announced in the 2018-19 budget and its $250 bonus for concession recipients announced in the 2020-21 budget. The announcement by Victorian Energy, Environment and Climate Change Minister Lily D’Ambrosio was made ahead of Tuesday’s budget, with the payment available to households that seek out a better energy deal through Victoria’s Energy Compare website. The Victorian Government will give households a one-off $250 payment in the 2022-23 budget to help with rising cost-of-living expenses.

Victoria's budget will include ways to relieve financial stress on households, along with health funding 'centrepiece'

There was also a $50 bonus introduced in the 2018/19 budget for every Victorian household that used the Energy Compare website. “We used the state budget to protect and safeguard household budgets. “That’s equivalent to the amount of money we’re spending on the biggest reform and boost to elective surgery that our state has ever seen,” he said. The new announcement is similar to the $250 power saving bonus, included in the 2020/21 budget, which encouraged pensioners and concession card holders to seek a better power deal. But the centrepiece of the budget will be a “massive investment in health and hospitals to repair the damage that [the] pandemic has done”, he said. Victoria’s budget will include a $250 payment for every household that seeks out a better power deal, along with measures to ease cost of living pressures and billions of dollars for health services, the premier, Daniel Andrews, has revealed.