5.11.1 Eligibility for Seniors Supplement

Eligibility criteria – Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holder

Note: Seniors supplement was paid from 20 September 2009 to 20 June 2015.  The following information is provided for historical purposes only.    

All holders of a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) who were in Australia or temporarily absent from Australia for a period of less than 6 weeks were eligible to receive seniors supplement (SSup) and energy supplement (ES).    

Eligibility criteria – gold card holder

A gold card holder who:

• was of veteran pension age, and
• not the holder of a CSHC from either DVA or Centrelink, and
• not eligible for a social security pension or social security benefit from either DVA or Centrelink, and
• was in Australia or temporarily absent from Australia for less than 6 weeks

was eligible to receive seniors supplement.