3.10.5 Severe Financial Hardship
This section contains information on determining whether a person is in severe financial hardship.
3.4.2 Age Equalisation For Females
In the 1993-94 Budget the Government announced that the age at which females can be granted an [glossary:income support pension:79] on the basis of age would be gradually increased to bring it into line with [glossary:pension age:316] for males.
3.9.2 Compensation for Detriment Caused by Administrative Error
What is compensation for detriment caused by administrative error
The purpose of the scheme is to permit a compensatory payment to be made to a claimant for the effects of administrative error. Payment to a claimant may be approved if the relevant authorised person forms an opinion that the claimant has suffered a 'detriment' as the result of the action of an employee of the Department.
3.7 Comparable Foreign Pension
This chapter outlines policy concerning payment of income support pensions to persons who may have entitlement to a similar pension from a foreign country.
The chapter contains the following sections:
See Also
Chapter 3.3 Service Pension & Income Support Payability
Chapter 11.1 Income Support Effective Dates & Pension Periods
Special Category Visa
Overview
In order to establish residency, it must first be decided if a person is an [glossary:Australian resident:582]. One definition of an Australian resident is a person who resides in [glossary:Australia:161], is the holder of a special category visa and is likely to remain permanently in Australia. Below are details of what constitutes a special category visa.
Concession to Continuous Period
Overview
A Commonwealth veteran, Allied veteran or Allied mariner applying for [glossary:service pension:245] must, be an [glossary:Australian resident:582] and have resided in [glossary:Australia:161] for a continuous period of at least 10 years. However a concession to the ten year requirement may be applied where a person has multiple periods of residency. Below are details of who is entitled to the concession and the formula for calculating it.
3.12.3 Extreme Circumstances Causing Departure from the Home
Criteria for extreme circumstances
A person applying for a [glossary:crisis payment:522] due to extreme circumstances must fulfil the following eligibility criteria:
Unrealisable Assets - Unable or Unreasonable to Sell
Last amended: 24 March 2006
Circumstances in which a person may be unable to sell an asset would include the following: