Title: Official start-up support figures: Australia

> Figures read from official pages, quoted word for word, dated, and free to cite. Australia start-up support for job seekers: figures 2026, Australian State Smal

Source: https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/
Checked: 25 September 2026

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# Official start-up support figures: Australia

Figures read from official pages, quoted word for word, dated, and free to cite.

-   **9**months
    
    [Months of benefit while starting up: Australia vs 8 countries](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-support-months/)
    
    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.
    
    8 of 9 sources state the figure · Read 26 Sept 2026[CSV](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-support-months.csv)[JSON](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-support-months.json)
    
-   **18**official figures
    
    [Australia start-up support for job seekers: figures 2026](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-startup-support/)
    
    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.
    
    18 of 18 sources state the figure · Read 26 Sept 2026[CSV](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-startup-support.csv)[JSON](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-startup-support.json)
    
-   **3**hours of free business advice · median
    
    [Australian State Small Business Support Index 2026](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-state-support-index/)
    
    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.
    
    4 of 8 sources state the figure · Read 26 Sept 2026[CSV](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-state-support-index.csv)[JSON](https://pontia.xyz/au/datasets/au-state-support-index.json)
    

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