5.12.2 Eligibility for Pension Supplement

Last amended 17 December 2012

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for pension supplement (PSup) a pensioner must be a recipient of an invalidity service pension, age service pension or partner service pension.    

If a pensioner is living overseas or if, they have been away from Australia on a temporary basis for longer than 6 weeks, they are only eligible for the basic amount of pension supplement.