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Social Security Guide

Version 1.297 - Released 15 August 2022

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1 Key terms & principles
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3 Qualification & payability
4 Income & assets
5 Payment rates
6 Reviews, debts & payment recovery
7 Portability & comparable foreign payment (CFP)
8 Administration Act Provisions
9 Citizenship, visas & assurances of support
10 Australian Social Security Agreements
11 Income Management
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Social Security Guide
1 Key terms & principles
1.2 Descriptions of payments/benefits
1.2.3 Retirement & widows description

1.2.3 Retirement & widows - description

Introduction

This section contains a brief description of the payments in the Retirements & Widows grouping.

In this section

This section contains the following topics:

1.2.3.10 Age pension (Age) - description
1.2.3.20 Wife pension (WP) - description (deleted)
1.2.3.30 Widow allowance (WA) - description
1.2.3.40 Widow B pension (WidB) - description (deleted)
1.2.3.50 Home equity access scheme (HEAS) - description
1.2.3.60 Special needs pension (SpNP) - description
1.2.3.70 Pension bonus scheme (PBS) & pension bonus bereavement payment (PBBP) - description
1.2.3.80 Number not currently in use
1.2.3.90 Bereavement allowance (BVA) - description (deleted)

Last reviewed: 1 July 2020

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