Last amended: 1 July 2008
Application of female veteran pension age
Female veteran pension age applies to females with qualifying service in relation to:
eligibility for age service pension,
eligibility to defer age service pension under the Pension Bonus Scheme,
eligibility to participate in the Home Equity Access Scheme,
eligibility of female veteran invalidity service pensioners to receive an Education Entry Payment,
exemption of superannuation managed investments from the income and assets tests, and
compensation recovery rules for female veteran invalidity service pensioners,
eligibility for a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC),
special disability trusts disposal of asset rules.
Note: Age service pension is a taxable payment. By virtue of the eligibility criteria for the payment, age service pension is taxable from veteran pension age even though this is not explicit in the tax legislation.
Application of female qualifying age
Female qualifying age applies to:
female partners' eligibility for partner service pension,
war widows' eligibility to defer income support supplement under the Pension Bonus Scheme,
eligibility for female income support supplement recipients to participate in the Home Equity Access Scheme,
exemption of superannuation managed investments from the income and assets tests for female income support supplement recipients,
Section 10.4.3
compensation recovery rules for female income support supplement recipients,
eligibility for a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) for war widows,
exemption of excess land under the extended land use test provision for female veterans and non-veterans; and
special disability trusts disposal of asset rules for female income support supplement recipients.
Age equalisation for female veterans and female qualifying age
The following table provides a guide to age equalisation for female veteran pension age and female qualifying age.
| For females born between | Pension/qualifying age is |
| 1 July 1940 and 31 December 1941 | 55 years and 6 months |
| 1 January 1942 and 30 June 1943 | 56 years |
| 1 July 1943 and 31 December 1944 | 56 years and 6 months |
| 1 January 1945 and 30 June 1946 | 57 years |
| 1 July 1946 and 31 December 1947 | 57 years and 6 months |
| 1 January 1948 and 30 June 1949 | 58 years |
| 1 July 1949 and 31 December 1950 | 58 years and 6 months |
| 1 January 1951 and 30 June 1952 | 59 years |
| 1 July 1952 and 31 December 1953 | 59 years and 6 months |
Pension age is 55 years for females born on and before 30 June 1940 and is 60 years for females born on and after 1 January 1954.