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Payment Start Property The status indicating that a payment is ready to be claimed or disbursed within the Department’s IT Systems, following verification... April 24, 2026 --
PBAS Point Periods - ESPR PLIDA Distribution The PBAS (Points Based Activation System) Point Periods table provides data on participants in Workforce Australia Services (Provider Services), Broome... April 24, 2026 --
Period of Assistance Identifier Property An identifier representing the duration of continuous participation by an individual in an employment services program, measured from the date... April 24, 2026 --
Person: CRN Data Element Customer Reference Number (CRN) assigned to the person by Services Australia at the time of registration. April 24, 2026 --
Person: Customer Reference Number Data Element Concept A unique identifier allocated to a person or organization, or other item of interest to Centrelink. Used by Centrelink as... April 24, 2026 --
Placement Date Property The point in time that a Participant formally begins a designated activity, employment, or placement under a Workforce Australia Services... April 24, 2026 --
Placement End Date Property The point in time that a contract referral placement ends. April 24, 2026 --
Placement Exit Property Identifying the reason the Period of Assistance (POA) was exited. April 24, 2026 --
Placement Exit Count Property The contract referral placement has ceased as represented by a number. April 24, 2026 --
Placement Outcome Code Value Domain The outcome reason code. April 24, 2026 --
Placement Outcome Description Value Domain The outcome reason description. April 24, 2026 --
Placement Status Property The stage of service that a placement is in. April 24, 2026 --
Placement Status Code Value Domain Whether a contract referral placement is commenced, pending, transferred, exited or suspended, as represented by a code. April 24, 2026 --
Placement Status Description Value Domain Whether a contract referral placement is commenced, pending, transferred, exited or suspended, as represented by a description. April 24, 2026 --
PLIDA Identification Property PLIDA (Person Level Integrated Data Asset). String of characters or numbers uniquely identifying an individual or entity. April 24, 2026 --
POA Date of Commencement Property The point in time that an individual first commenced in an employment services program. April 24, 2026 --
POA End Date Property The point in time that an individual ceases in an employment services program. April 24, 2026 --
POA Identifier Value Domain A unique identifier created using the employment services Program Type Sequence Number, JobSeeker Id, and POA (period of assistance) Sequence... April 24, 2026 --
Point Credit Indicator Value Domain An indicator describing whether a point period has at least one credit. April 24, 2026 --
Point Period Outcome Description Value Domain A codeset representing the status of a participant's points reporting period within an employment service program. April 24, 2026 --
Points Actual Property The amount of points submitted against something.  April 24, 2026 --
Points Balance Property Number of points carried over. April 24, 2026 --
Points Banked Property Total number of points allocated. April 24, 2026 --
Points Based Activation System (PBAS) Object Class Meeting a points requirement is one of the core mutual obligation requirements for a participant. April 24, 2026 --
Points Based Activation System (PBAS) Characteristics Linkage Key Data Element Concept PBAS unique identifier to connect to the participants characteristics. April 24, 2026 --
Points Based Activation System (PBAS): Characteristics Linkage Key Data Element Linkage key used to join to participant characteristic dataset to source characteristics at date data was extracted from the source... April 24, 2026 --
Points Met Indicator Value Domain The participant earned enough points to meet the points target. April 24, 2026 --
Points Period Status Description Value Domain The status of a participant's points during the reporting period within an employment service program. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reportig Period: Banked Points Data Element Concept The total number of points banked for the reporting period. April 24, 2026 --
Points reporting period Object Class The month-long period during which a participant must report the activities, tasks and job searches they have undertaken that contribute... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Banked Balance Data Element Concept The total number of points carried over from the last reporting period. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Banked Points Balance Data Element The number of banked points an individual has carried over from previous periods (subject to certain rules). April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Banked Points Value Data Element The banking points that the participant actually achieved for the point period. Banked points can be carried over to deduct... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Has Job Search Credit, Indicator Data Element Whether a given points reporting period has at least one credit that was applied to reduce the job search target,... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Has Point Credit, Indicator Data Element Whether a given points reporting period has at least one credit that was applied to reduce the points target, represented... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period Job Search Actual, Total Data Element Concept The number of job searches that the client submitted for the PBAS point period. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Job Search Actual, Total Data Element The number of job searches that the client submitted for the PBAS point period. This value of this field is... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Job Search Credit Data Element Concept Whether a given points reporting period has an applied credit that reduces an individual's job search requirements for that period,... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: JobSearch Target Data Element Concept The number of job searches a participant is required to fulfill within a reporting period to satisfy their mutual obligations... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: JobSearch Target, Total Data Element The job search target that the participant agreed to for the PBAS point period (e.g. four job searches). April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Point Period Id Data Element Concept A combination of numeric characters that uniquely identify a given points reporting period. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Point Period Id, Number Data Element Unique identifier assigned to the PBAS point period. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Point Period Outcome Description Data Element Concept The final result of the outcome that follows the conclusion of a points reporting period. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Point Period Outcome Description, Text Data Element Description that identifies the PBAS point period outcome. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period Points Actual Data Element Concept The total number of points submitted by a participant in a given point period. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Points Actual, Total Data Element The total number of points submitted by a participant in a given point period, represented by number up to 3... April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Points Period End Date Data Element End date of points period April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Points Period End Date Data Element Concept Date the point period ended. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Points Period Start Date Data Element Concept Date the point period began. April 24, 2026 --
Points Reporting Period: Points Period Start Date Data Element Start date of points period April 24, 2026 --