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Departmental Instructions
1998
C12/1998 AGED CARE REFORMS
IMPACT ON INCOME SUPPORT POLICY
RENT ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY
- Certain pensioners will not notice RA cancellation
War widow/ers whose rate of income support pension is limited by a ceiling, and who will remain on the ceiling after removal of the rent assistance component of pension will not notice the cancellation of rent assistance.
They will benefit from a reduction in their aged care fee and a pensioner supplement will be payable to the care provider.