11.7.2 How Payments and Benefits may be Affected

Pension and payment instalments

For the purpose of imprisonment, a pension instalment includes:

  • [glossary:service pension:245] or
  • [glossary:income support supplement:118], and
  • [glossary:rent assistance:367]
  • [glossary:remote area allowance:680]
  • [glossary:pension supplement:195]
  • [glossary:Energy Supplement :3157] for service pension
  • veteran payment
Other payments that may be affected

Other payments that may be affected include:

11.4.1 Overview of Portability

What is Portability

“Portability” is the term used to refer to the entitlement of a person to continue to receive an Australian pension, associated supplements and allowances while overseas.

What pensions are portable

Both service pension and income support supplement are portable, except in certain circumstances where a person claims such a pension during a short-term period of residency in Australia.

Clean energy advance payments may also be impacted by a period of absence greater than 6 weeks.     

Resources Available to Delegates to Assist in Decision Making

Last amended: 15 June 2011

Use of resources to achieve consistency in decision making

The decision on a case is made based on the level of satisfaction of the delegate based on the available evidence. However this may involve some degree of subjectivity. A delegate should use available resources to achieve consistency in the decision making process.