Administrative Law | 17 June 2026
How 'first earned, derived or received' in point 1067G-H23 of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator attributes ordinary income to fortnightly instalment periods
The High Court unanimously resolved how ordinary income from employment is attributed to fortnightly instalment periods under the youth allowance income test when a recipient's pay cycle does not align with the statutory reporting period — holding that the disjunctive phrase 'first earned, derived or received' in point 1067G-H23 provides three independent temporal bases, any one of which suffices.