Most of what is on this site is true all year. These are the ones that are not: miss the date and the money is gone rather than delayed.
Nothing here renews itself, sends a reminder, or rolls the unused part into next year. The Medicare Safety Net tally goes back to zero on 1 January whether or not you reached it. Unused child dental cover is forfeited at the end of its period. A super contribution made on 1 July counts for the wrong financial year. The nearest one is 31 october — 38 days.
31 Oct
31 October — 38 days
Lodging late can attract a penalty. Registering with a tax agent before this date usually gets you a later deadline, but you have to be on their books by 31 October.
Are you claiming everything you are allowed to at tax time? · 30 minutes once a year
$594.40
31 December — 99 days
The tally goes back to zero on 1 January. A heavy December and a heavy January are counted as two separate years, even a fortnight apart.
Have you had a heavy year of medical bills? · 10 minutes
$1,158
31 December — 99 days
The cap does not roll over. Whatever is unspent when the period ends is lost, and most families entitled to it have never used any of it.
Is your child's dentist free? · 10 minutes
$500
30 June — 280 days
The co-contribution is worked out on the financial year the money landed in. A payment on 1 July counts for the next year, not the one that just closed.
Will the government put $500 into your super? · 15 minutes once a year
$540
30 June — 280 days
The offset is claimed on the tax return for the year the contribution was made. There is no way to backdate one.
Does your partner earn little or nothing right now? · 20 minutes
Days
Within days of the event, not months
Claim windows for Crisis Payment are short and run from the event itself, not from when life settles down. Services Australia states the window on their page; if something has just happened, claim before you sort anything else out.
Has something happened that forced you out of your home? · 30 minutes
6 years
Within six years of the underpayment
Anything older than the limit generally cannot be recovered, so a long-running underpayment quietly shrinks every month it is left.
Were you underpaid at work? · 20 minutes
3 years
Within three years of purchase
After the card's genuine expiry the balance is gone. Before it, a shop refusing the card is refusing something the law requires of them.
Is that gift card really expired? · 5 minutes
Dates are computed against the Melbourne calendar each time this page is rebuilt, so the countdown above is never older than a day. Every figure comes from the page it links to, where the agency that publishes it is named.