Last amended: 1 July 2008
Application of female veteran pension age
Female veteran pension age applies to females with qualifying service in relation to:
- eligibility for age service pension,
- eligibility to defer age service pension under the Pension Bonus Scheme,
- eligibility to participate in the Home Equity Access Scheme,
- eligibility of female veteran invalidity service pensioners to receive an Education Entry Payment,
- exemption of superannuation managed investments from the income and assets tests, and
- compensation recovery rules for female veteran invalidity service pensioners,
- eligibility for a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC),
- special disability trusts disposal of asset rules.
Note: Age service pension is a taxable payment. By virtue of the eligibility criteria for the payment, age service pension is taxable from veteran pension age even though this is not expl — icit in the tax legislation.
Application of female qualifying age
Female qualifying age applies to:
- female partners' eligibility for partner service pension,
- war widows' eligibility to defer income support supplement under the Pension Bonus Scheme,
- eligibility for female income support supplement recipients to participate in the Home Equity Access Scheme,
- exemption of superannuation managed investments from the income and assets tests for female income support supplement recipients, More →More → (go back)
Section 10.4.3
- compensation recovery rules for female income support supplement recipients,
- eligibility for a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) for war widows,
- exemption of excess land under the extended land use test provision for female veterans and non-veterans; and
- special disability trusts disposal of asset rules for female income support supplement recipients.
Age equalisation for female veterans and female qualifying age
The following table provides a guide to age equalisation for female veteran pension age and female qualifying age.
For females born between | Pension/qualifying age is |
1 July 1940 and 31 December 1941 | 55 years and 6 months |
1 January 1942 and 30 June 1943 | 56 years |
1 July 1943 and 31 December 1944 | 56 years and 6 months |
1 January 1945 and 30 June 1946 | 57 years |
1 July 1946 and 31 December 1947 | 57 years and 6 months |
1 January 1948 and 30 June 1949 | 58 years |
1 July 1949 and 31 December 1950 | 58 years and 6 months |
1 January 1951 and 30 June 1952 | 59 years |
1 July 1952 and 31 December 1953 | 59 years and 6 months |
Pension age is 55 years for females born on and before 30 June 1940 and is 60 years for females born on and after 1 January 1954.