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Official start-up support figures: Australia
Figures read from official pages, quoted word for word, dated, and free to cite.
- 9monthsMonths of benefit while starting up: Australia vs 8 countries
Self-Employment Assistance can pay an allowance for up to 39 weeks (about 9 months) during 12 months of Small Business Coaching, with no job search. JobSeeker Payment itself has no time limit while your income stays under the cut-off. Across 8 countries the median is 9 months (range 6 to 24), each read from the official page on 26 September 2026.
- 18official figuresAustralia start-up support for job seekers: figures 2026
18 official figures for starting a business from JobSeeker Payment or Youth Allowance in Australia, each quoted word for word from the page that states it, read on 26 September 2026.
- 3hours of free business advice · medianAustralian State Small Business Support Index 2026
Where a state or territory states it, free advice for a new small business runs to a median of 3 hours (range 0.75 to 4, 4 of 8 jurisdictions), read from each government’s own pages on 26 September 2026. None of the eight runs a general start-up grant for new businesses.