3.12.6 Claim and Payment of a Crisis Payment
Last updated 5 March 2013
Claim for a crisis payment
A claim for a [glossary:crisis payment:522] must be:
3.10.2 Access to Financial Hardship Rules
This section contains information on the criteria for application of the financial hardship rules:
3.12.2 Eligibility for Crisis Payment
Last updated 21 December 2006
Eligibility for crisis payment
To be eligible for a [glossary:crisis payment:522] a person must be in severe [glossary:financial hardship:299]. That is, the person's liquid assets are less than:
3.5.4 Domicile
Overview
A person who served in the forces of a [glossary:Commonwealth country:67] or [glossary:Allied country:388] but was domiciled in [glossary:Australia:161] or an [glossary:external territory:161] immediately before enlistment or appointment in those forces is entitled to claim [glossary:Disability Compensation Payment:574] and receive medical treatment at departmental expense. To be eligible for [glossary:service pension:245] such a person must also satisfy the qualifying service requirements applicable to a member of a Commonwealth force or an Allied force.
3.5 Residency
Overview
Residency means to live or dwell in a place permanently or for a considerable time.
One of the basic requirements when lodging a claim for [glossary:service pension:245], [glossary:income support supplement:118] ([glossary:ISS:118]) or veteran payment, is that the person lodging the claim, or the person on whose behalf the claim is lodged, is an [glossary:Australian resident:582] and is physically present in [glossary:Australia:161] at the time of claim.
Notional Annual Rate of Ordinary Income - farms
Last amended: 10 October 2007
Unrealisable assets, including farms, are deemed to produce a notional income, except where special provisions apply.
Notional ordinary income – person's farm
Where the unrealisable asset is a farm being worked to its full capacity solely by the pensioner or their partner, notional income is not assessed. In this situation, only the actual income derived from the property is taken into account.
Residing in Australia
Last amended: 16 January 2024
Overview
In order to establish residency, it must first be decided if a person is an [glossary:Australian resident:582]. The first criteria for being an Australian resident is for a person to reside in Australia. Below are details of what constitutes a person who can be considered to “reside in Australia”.
Definition
A person is accepted as residing in [glossary:Australia:161] if:
Unrealisable Assets - Farm
Last amended: 24 March 2006
Unreasonable to expect the person to sell their farm
Circumstances where it might be unreasonable to expect a person to sell their farm would include the following: