Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person is (subject to subsection (2)) subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period if the person has not been an Australian resident and in Australia for a period of, or periods totalling, 208 weeks.
Exception
(2) The following persons are not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period:
(c) a person who has a qualifying residence exemption for a farm household allowance;
(h) a person in relation to whom all of the following apply:
(i) the person is the principal carer of one or more children;
(ii) the person is not a member of a couple;
(iii) the person was not a lone parent at the start of the person's current period as an Australian resident;
(i) a person who is a refugee, or a former refugee, at the time the person made the claim for farm household allowance;
(j) a person in relation to whom the following apply:
(i) before the person made the claim for farm household allowance, the person was an eligible family member of another person at the time the other person became a refugee;
(ii) the person is an eligible family member of that other person at the time the person made the claim for farm household allowance or, if that other person has died, the person was an eligible family member of that other person immediately before that other person died;
(k) a person who is an Australian citizen at the time the person made the claim for farm household allowance.