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Service Pension Rates

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FORTNIGHTLY RATES EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 1998
     

Service Pension

   
These rates exclude Pharmaceutical Allowance (P.A).
  OLD RATE NEW RATE
Not a Member of a Couple $347.80 $347.80
Partnered - Each $290.10 $290.10
     

Ceiling rates

OLD RATE NEW RATE
Income Support Supplement – ISS $120.10 $120.10
Veteran SP War Widow/Widower $120.10 $120.10
A higher ceiling may apply to widows/widowers
continuously in receipt since 1 November 1986  
     

**Dependent Child Add-On

OLD RATE NEW RATE
Each child under 13 yrs $72.60 $72.90
Each child 13 to 15 yrs $101.50 $101.90
Each non-prescribed student child $34.00 $34.00
Guardian Allowance $36.60 $36.70
Additional free area for children $24.00 $24.00
     

Rent Assistance Rates

OLD RATE NEW RATE
NO CHILDREN    
Not a Member of a Couple $74.80 $74.80
Partnered - Combined $70.60 $70.60
     
**1 - 2 CHILDREN    
Not a Member of a Couple $87.40 $87.40
Partnered - Combined $87.40 $87.40
     
**3 OR MORE CHILDREN    
Not a Member of a Couple $98.80 $98.80
Partnered - Combined $98.80 $98.80
Unless specifically mentioned the rates for clients separated for medical reasons are the same as those for "not members of a couple". 
     

Rent Assistance Thresholds

OLD RATE NEW RATE
NO CHILDREN    
Not a Member of a Couple $71.60 $71.60
Partnered - Combined $116.60 $116.60
     
**WITH CHILDREN    
Not a Member of a Couple $94.20 $94.20
Partnered - Combined $139.20 $139.20
     
**These rates only apply to DVA 'saved' child related payment cases.