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Using the Archiving and Culling Engine (ACE) to access archived Newstart System (NSS) data 111-02010120

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This document outlines how to access archived Newstart System (NSS) data using the Archiving and Culling Engine (ACE) application.

General rules

The general rules for archiving NSS records are:

  • The record must have been cancelled for 3 or more years
  • The record must not have a recent or unfinalised Debt, Appeal, Prosecution or Compensation activity

Service reasons to be archived

The NSS service reasons to be archived are:

  • Employment Allowances
    • Farm Household Support - FHS
    • Job Search Allowance - JSA
    • Mature Student Assistance - MSA
    • Newstart Mature Age Allowance - NMA
    • Newstart Allowance - NSA
    • Partner Allowance - PTA
    • Widow Allowance - WDA
    • Youth Allowance - YAL
    • Youth Training Allowance - YTA
  • Special and Emergencies
    • Special Benefit - SPL
  • Disability and Carers
    • Sickness Allowance - SKA
  • Rural and Housing
    • Disaster Relief Payment - DRP
    • Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment - ECP
    • Farm Family Restart - FFR
    • Farm Help Program - FHP
    • Farm Household Support - FHS
    • Restart Schemes - RIS and RRG
    • Special Benefit - SPL
  • Youth and Students
    • Austudy - AUS
    • Education Support Assistance - ESA
    • Financial Supplement Scheme - FSS
    • Youth Training Allowance - YTA

Not all data for a 3 year old cancelled record is archived. Assessment data, Summary files and Work files are archived. Most Circumstance data and all Person data is not archived, and is retained in the Centrelink system for use by other mainframe Income Security Integrated System (ISIS) Common Platform Systems.

After a record has been archived, the NSS data normally displayed on the mainframe system will be displayed in a similar format in ACE.

The Resources page contains a link to the Archiving and Culling Engine (ACE).