Last amended: 5 January 2006
VEA ? [2]
To be eligible to receive RAA [3], a person must:
VEA ? [7]
The rate of RAA payable to a person is increased by the child rate per fortnight for each child a person has if:
RAA remains payable to a person in respect of an FTB child for a period of 14 weeks after the death of the child.
VEA ? [8]
A person who is receiving RAA and who is temporarily absent from an identified remote area, remains eligible for payment of RAA for the first eight weeks of the absence. If additional RAA is paid in respect of a child, Commission may extend eligibility for RAA beyond the normal 8 week period under special circumstances.
You need to tell us within 28 days of the event if:
Section 5Q(2) [9] VEA - Eligibility for RAA during a temporary absence
Section 5R(12) [9] VEA - Special circumstances where eligibility for RAA may be extended beyond 8 weeks absence from remote area.
Remote area allowance is a supplementary payment added to the rate of income support pension where the pensioner's usual place of residence is situated in a remote area, and where the pensioner is physically present in the remote area.
A remote area is defined as one of the following:
-Macquarie Island,
-Norfolk Island,
-The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands,
-The Australian Antarctic Territory,
-The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
-The Territory of Christmas Island, and
-Lord Howe Island,
FTB child has the same definition as given in section 22 and 22A of the Family Assistance Act (i.e. A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999).
For more information, see also 9.4.3/Effect of Children on Remote Area Allowance (RAA) CS Policy Library [19].
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16287%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#tgt-cspol_part5_ftn48
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#tgt-cspol_part5_ftn49
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#tgt-cspol_part5_ftn50
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#tgt-cspol_part5_ftn51
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#tgt-cspol_part5_ftn52
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#tgt-cspol_part5_ftn53
[9] https://clik.dva.gov.au/service-eligibility-assistant-updates/all-determinations-order-date-signed-oldest-most-recent/determinations-under-vea
[10] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#ref-cspol_part5_ftn48
[11] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-5-income-support-allowances-and-benefits/52-remote-area-allowance-raa/522-payment-raa
[12] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#ref-cspol_part5_ftn49
[13] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-5-income-support-allowances-and-benefits/52-remote-area-allowance-raa/524-usual-place-residence
[14] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#ref-cspol_part5_ftn50
[15] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-5-income-support-allowances-and-benefits/52-remote-area-allowance-raa/523-determining-if-residence-remote-area
[16] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#ref-cspol_part5_ftn51
[17] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#ref-cspol_part5_ftn52
[18] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16287#ref-cspol_part5_ftn53
[19] http://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/94-children/943-effect-children-assessment-income-support-payments/effect-children-remote-area-allowance-raa