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Disability Pension - VCES, Frozen And Miscellaneous Rates

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Fortnightly rates - effective payday 27/09/2007 unless otherwise specified.

 

Education allowance

Date of effect  27/09/2007

 

Old rate 1/01/2007
New rate

VCES – primary students

(annual payment)

$209.70

$209.70

 

VCES – secondary students

(fortnightly rates)

Old rate
New rate

Under 16 & living at home (group A)

$43.10

$43.10

16-17 & living at home (group B)

$190.50

$190.50

18+ & living at home (group C)

$229.10

$229.10

Under 16 & living away

$289.06

$289.06

16-17 & living away

$348.10

$348.10

18+ & living away

$348.10

$348.10

Under 16 & homeless

$348.10

$348.10

16-17 & homeless

$348.10

$348.10

18+ & homeless

$348.10

$348.10

 

VCES – tertiary students

(fortnightly rates)

Old rate 1/01/2007
New rate

16-17 & living at home

$190.50

$190.50

16-17 & living away

$348.10

$348.10

18+ & living at home

$229.10

$229.10

18+ & living away

$348.10

$348.10

 

VCES – double orphans,

secondary & tertiary

(fortnightly rates)

Old rate 1/01/2007
New rate

Under 16 years

$189.90

$189.90

16-20 years

$348.10

$348.10

21 years & over

$422.80

$422.80

 

Maintenance income free area

Date of effect 20/09/2007

 

Old rate 01/07/2007
New rate

Claimant & one child, p.a.

$1,259.25

$1,259.25

Partnered, one child each,

both partners in receipt, p.a.

$2,518.50

$2,518.50

Partnered, one child,

one partner in receipt, p.a.

$1,259.25

$1,259.25

For each additional child, p.a.

$419.75

$419.75

 

Without adequate means of support (AMS)

Date of effect 27/09/2007

AMS – 1st schedule payments

Old rate

New rate

Widowed mother

$17.68

$17.68

Other mother widow/mother/father

$17.68

$17.68

Other mother/father

$10.92

$10.92

Section 39(4) child

$17.68

$17.68

Dependants of 2 deceased vets

$43.68

$43.68

 

AMS – 3rd schedule payments

Old rate

New rate

Other mother/father

$4.16

$4.16

Living allowance Reg 3(5) Reg 176

$4.99

$4.99

All other deceased cases

$199.68

$199.68

 

AMS – Misc incapacity cases

Old rate

New rate

Parents and others

$8.42

$8.42

Other except 39(4)

$21.84

$21.84

Sec 39(4) child

$35.36

$35.36

 

AMS Allowances - Regs 32, 34, 34AA

Effective 20/09/2007

Old rate

New rate

Standard rate

$525.10

$537.70

Married rate

$438.50

$449.10

 

Date of effect 20/09/2007

 

Old rate 01/07/2007
New rate

Funeral benefit

Date of effect 01/07/2007

$2,000.00

$2,000.00

Decoration allowance

Date of effect 13/07/2000

$2.10

$2.10

Victoria Cross allowance

Annual payment

Date of effect 20/09/2007

$3,444.00

$3,517.00

Vehicle allowance

Annual payment

Date of effect 20/09/2007

$1,796.60

$1,835.60

Education entry payment

 

$208.00

$208.00