Commonwealth Consolidated ActsYou work out the supplementary amount of a social security payment using the following table:
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Supplementary amount of a social security payment |
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Item |
For this category of social security payment: |
the supplementary amount is the total of: |
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1 |
Age pension Bereavement allowance Carer payment Sickness allowance Special benefit Special needs age pension Special needs disability support pension Special needs widow B pension Special needs wife pension Widow B pension Wife pension |
(a) so much of the payment as is included by way of rent assistance; and (b) so much of the payment as is included by way of remote area allowance; and (c) so much of the payment as is included by way of pharmaceutical allowance; and (d) so much of the payment as is included by way of tax-exempt pension supplement |
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2 |
Disability support pension |
(a) so much of the payment as is included by way of rent assistance; and (b) so much of the payment as is included by way of remote area allowance; and (c) so much of the payment as is included by way of pharmaceutical allowance; and (d) so much of the payment as is included by way of incentive allowance; and (e) so much of the payment as is included by way of language, literacy and numeracy supplement; and (f) so much of the payment as is included by way of tax-exempt pension supplement |
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3 |
Newstart allowance Parenting payment (benefit (PP partnered)) Parenting payment (pension (PP single)) Partner allowance Widow allowance Youth allowance |
(a) so much of the payment as is included by way of rent assistance; and (b) so much of the payment as is included by way of remote area allowance; and (c) so much of the payment as is included by way of pharmaceutical allowance; and (d) so much of the payment as is included by way of language, literacy and numeracy supplement; and (e) so much of the payment as is included by way of tax-exempt pension supplement |
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4 |
Austudy payment |
(a) so much of the payment as is included by way of rent assistance; and (b) so much of the payment as is included by way of remote area allowance; and (c) so much of the payment as is included by way of pharmaceutical allowance; and (d) so much of the payment as is included by way of tax-exempt pension supplement |