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  1. How to manage your payment
  2. Travel outside Australia

When and how to tell us about overseas travel if you get Age Pension

When you get Age Pension, you may need to tell us if you’re leaving Australia.

  1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
  2. When you spend a lot on PBS medicines

PBS Safety Net thresholds

Once you or your family spend a certain amount on PBS medicine you’ll reach the PBS Safety Net threshold.

  1. When you spend a lot on PBS medicines
  2. PBS Safety Net thresholds

How to reach the threshold sooner as a family

If you combine your family’s PBS amounts, you may reach the threshold sooner.

  1. Contact us
  2. How to get more information from us

Explanations and formal reviews

Find out what you can do if you want more information or disagree with a decision we've made.

  1. Top payments
  2. Australian Immunisation Register

What an immunisation history statement is

You can get 2 types of immunisation history statements.

  1. Australian Immunisation Register
  2. What the register is

Overseas immunisations

How to add immunisations you’ve had overseas to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

  1. How to manage your payment
  2. Travel outside Australia

When and how to tell us about overseas travel if you get Disability Support Pension

When you get Disability Support Pension, you should always tell us if you’re leaving Australia. This includes when you’re going on a cruise into international waters.

  1. Top payments
  2. International Services

How we can help with International services

You may be able to get a pension from Australia or another country under an agreement. You may also get your current payment if you're going overseas.

  1. International social security agreements
  2. Which countries have agreements with us

International social security agreement between Australia and New Zealand

Australia has an agreement with New Zealand to share responsibility for social security coverage.

  1. Reciprocal Health Care Agreements
  2. When you visit Australia

Reciprocal Health Care Agreements - visiting from Ireland

If you’re visiting Australia from Ireland, you may be eligible for medical care under Medicare while you’re here.

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