Millions of Australians on Centrelink will have their payments boosted under indexation changes that come into effect from next week.

More than five million people will benefit from the change on March 20, including pensioners, renters and job seekers.

The federal government said when combined with the indexation passed on over the last three years, recipients will be receiving between $3913 and $5902 a year extra, depending on their eligibility, compared to when Labor took office in 2022.

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JobSeeker recipients will be between $3374 and $5038 better off per year as a result of indexation.

From March 20, the maximum single rate of the pension for those on the age pension, disability support pension and carer pension will increase by $4.60 to $1149 a fortnight.

For partnered pensioners, the maximum rate of pension will increase by $3.50 to $866.10 a fortnight, or by $7 to $1732.20 a fortnight for pensioner couples combined.

Both rates include the pension supplement and energy supplement.

Parenting payment single recipients will get an extra $4 a fortnight, which will bring their total fortnightly payment to $1030.30, including the pension supplement, pharmaceutical allowance and energy supplement.

For a single recipient of JobSeeker payment aged 22 and over without children, indexation will deliver a $3.10 increase to their fortnightly payments, bringing the payment to $789.90 including the energy supplement.

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Each person in a couple on JobSeeker payment, ABSTUDY (aged 22 and over) or Parenting Payment Partnered will receive an additional $2.80 per fortnight.

The fortnightly rate will increase to $723, including the energy supplement.

Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth said the changes would help Australians at "whatever age or stage they're at in life".

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"Indexation is a critical part of our social security safety net," Rishworth said.

"For pensioners and other payment recipients receiving this financial boost, this will help ease some pressure."

Visit the Department of Social Services website for a full list of the changes.

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The federal government said it "won't be intimidated" by Russian warnings over Australia's willingness to consider joining a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

Russia's embassy in Canberra said yesterday there would be "grave consequences" for Australia if it joined a "coalition of the willing" alongside France and the UK to assist Ukraine if a ceasefire deal was brokered.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said earlier this month he would consider a request to put peacekeeping troops on the ground.

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A spokesperson for Foreign Minister Penny Wong today said Australia stands by the PM's message and won't be bullied by Russian forces.

"Australia has a proud tradition of supporting peace through eighty years of contributions to international peacekeeping missions," the spokesperson said.

"Such a mission does not yet exist in Ukraine, where Russia continues its brutal and unjustified war. 

"Australia has said that if we receive a request to support a peacekeeping mission, we'll consider it.

"Our message to Russia is: end your illegal invasion of Ukraine. We won't be intimidated from working towards a just peace for the people of Ukraine."

A statement issued by the Russian embassy in Australia warned against sending any troops to Ukraine to aid in the invasion.

The embassy said deploying peacekeeping troops would "entail grave consequences" for Australia.

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"Russia has repeatedly made it clear that foreign military presence in Ukraine is totally unacceptable," the statement, first issued to the Sydney Morning Herald, read. 

"Therefore, the idea of deploying Western military contingents in Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers is meant to undermine peace efforts. 

"Canberra remains firmly on the side of war along with those in Europe who are betting on continuing and escalating the conflict despite encouraging shifts towards peace negotiations."

The statement continued: "For Australia, joining the so-called coalition of the willing would entail grave consequences. 

"Once again, western boots on the ground are unacceptable for Russia, and we will not remain passive observers."

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Albanese said on March 4 that no request for help from Australia had been made from Zelenskyy.

"We haven't been asked for anything, there's proposals discussed,'' he said.

"If a request is made, we would give consideration to it. With regard to the US, the US is an important ally of Australia. It's an alliance between our nations. 

"With regard to Australia's foreign policy, Australia determines our foreign policy. It's in Australia's national interest to stand with Ukraine and that's what our government is doing."

A coalition of the willing to maintain a future Russian-Ukrain ceasefire was first raised by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

He proposed 30,000 peacekeeping troops from Europe would be stationed around Ukraine to deter further Russian attacks.

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As the month of April approaches, so does the end of daylight saving.

Most states and territories will turn their clocks back an hour next month to make better use of daylight hours during autumn and winter.

Here's everything you need to know.

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When does daylight saving time (DST) end?

Daylight saving time ends on April 6, 2025 for those in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and ACT.

The clocks in these states will turn back at 3am in the current time (DST), meaning the clocks will read 2am (AEST) again when it turns to 3am.

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Many people forget which way the clocks turn in April and again in October.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends in April, when the days become shorter and there is less daylight to conserve in the evenings, while the mornings become darker.

Therefore, the clocks turn back by an hour in April, allowing residents in states and territories affected to sleep in longer through the darker mornings, and to enjoy the daylight while it lasts. 

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What is the time difference between states and territories?

All Australian states and territories except for Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia observe daylight saving. 

This means that NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT will be running on the same time as Queensland, Australian Eastern Standard Time, when daylight saving ends. 

These areas are currently one hour ahead of Queensland, and have been since last October when daylight saving started.

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South Australia is singled out – although it does observe daylight saving, it will remain, as it always is, 30 minutes behind AEST, to account for its position geographically. This means it will change from Australian central daylight time (ACDT) to Australian central standard time (ACST).

Meanwhile, Western Australia will continue to run on its two time zones – Australian western standard time (AWST) which covers Perth and the west coast, and Australian central western time (ACWT), which is 45 minutes ahead of AWST.

The Northern Territory also runs on ACWT, and will continue to use it when the clocks go back in the mentioned states and territories.