Policy

How the advice letters are produced

Advices are created as the end result of either an action processed by a user, or by automated batch runs. Document Generation (DOCGEN) is the system responsible for processing the data and producing the advice. The paragraphs are stored in the Document Generation – Maintain Advices System (DOGMA) with the advice letters being made up of a combination of these paragraphs selected according to an individual's circumstances/case issues.

Last updated: 12 November 2007

Access to financial hardship

This section contains information on determining whether a person is in severe financial hardship.

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.

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

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.     

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.    

Last updated 21 December 2006

Criteria for extreme circumstances

A person applying for a [glossary:crisis payment:522] due to extreme circumstances must fulfil the following eligibility criteria:

Last amended: 24 March 2006

Circumstances in which a person may be unable to sell an asset would include the following: