Permanent incapacity for work is a major criterion used to determine whether a person is eligible to receive an invalidity service pension or invalidity income support supplement (ISS) on the grounds of permanent incapacity. The tests for permanent incapacity look at medical factors only.
Last amended: 15 February 2012
Last updated 5 March 2013
A claim for a [glossary:crisis payment:522] must be:
This section contains information on the criteria for application of the financial hardship rules:
Last updated 21 December 2006
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:
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.
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.
Last amended: 10 October 2007
Unrealisable assets, including farms, are deemed to produce a notional income, except where special provisions apply.
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.
