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Payment schedule and rates for people outside Australia

We’ll pay your pension differently if you live outside Australia on a permanent or long term basis.

  1. Age Pension
  2. How to manage your payment

Change of circumstances when you get Age Pension

If you get Age Pension and your circumstances change, you need to tell us. We need to check if you can keep getting it.

  1. Top payments
  2. Age Pension

Who can get Age Pension

To be eligible for Age Pension you must be Age Pension age and meet some other rules.

  1. Age Pension
  2. How to prepare to claim

Decide how to claim Age Pension

There are a few options for claiming Age Pension. Before you start you should decide how you want to claim.

  1. How much you can get
  2. Choosing your loan payments

Maximum rate of pension for a loan under the Home Equity Access Scheme

The maximum pension rate we use for a Home Equity Access Scheme loan includes any supplements you get.

  1. Work Bonus
  2. How it works

Work Bonus balance

We use your Work Bonus balance to offset your eligible income so you keep more of your pension if you’re working.

  1. Top payments
  2. Pension Supplement

How much Pension Supplement you can get

The amount of Pension Supplement you get depends if you are single or in a couple.

  1. Home Equity Access Scheme
  2. Who can get it

Qualifying pensions for the Home Equity Access Scheme

You must be eligible for a qualifying pension to access the Home Equity Access Scheme.

  1. Top payments
  2. Home Equity Access Scheme

How much you can get under the Home Equity Access Scheme

The loan payments you get under the Home Equity Access Scheme depend on if you get a pension or not.

  1. Top payments
  2. Commonwealth Seniors Health Card

How to claim a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card

You can claim a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card once you’re Age Pension age. Complete the following steps to claim.

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