{"id":658123,"date":"2026-05-08T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658123\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:10:13","slug":"wa-budget-2026-state-governments-100-fuel-handouts-not-going-to-those-with-cancelled-or-suspended-licences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/658123\/","title":{"rendered":"WA Budget 2026: State Government\u2019s $100 fuel handouts not going to those with cancelled or suspended licences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Nearly 25,000 people are not eligible for the State Government\u2019s $100 handout because their drivers licence is suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">While the only test for the State Budget sweetener \u2014 dubbed the fuel support payment \u2014 is having a driver\u2019s licence, the caveat is it must be valid. Anyone whose licence has been suspended, cancelled or expired will miss out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Learner drivers and even holders of extraordinary licences are eligible for the $100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The money, which will be paid directly into bank accounts via the Government\u2019s ServiceWA app, will be free to use on anything, not just at the bowser and will be made available on July 1 for around two million people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Motorists are being encouraged to use the ServiceWA app as the \u201cfastest and most convenient\u201d way to access the payment from July 1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">More than two million people are eligible, although only about 500,000 currently have the app to apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The ServiceWA app is the same way the Government has distributed the Student Assistance Payment of $250 for high school students and $150 for each primary school child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Anyone who hasn\u2019t yet used the app will need to download it and create an account by using a Digital ID made through the Federal Government\u2019s myID app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure says there will also be alternatives for those who can not, or do not want to, use the app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 25,000 people are not eligible for the State Government\u2019s $100 handout because their drivers licence is suspended.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,84,7239],"class_list":["post-658123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-state-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}