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External
Policy
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.