Where are you guys getting $550 a week from? Isn't it $550 a fortnight?
Yes, the supplement itself is $550 a fortnight, but it's on top of what you get for payments. So if you're getting the maximum rate of jobseeker, you're getting over $1100 a fortnight. If you're getting a lower rate of Jobseeker, then it's whatever you're getting for Jobseeker + $550.
Being on Jobseeker though gives you access to a number of other payments, things like Rental Assistance which is another like, $138 max a fortnight? I think that's what they said the current rate is, so your assistance could be higher. And then there's the payment being extended to Austudy/Abstudy, which can pair with things like disability pension and the rent assistance again, so, the rate of payment for each individual person receiving the supplement is going to be very variable.
Except that $550, that $550 you will get even if you only hypothetically, got 1c of the payments that the supplemennt is valid for