Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsYou work out the supplementary amount of a social security payment using the following table:
Supplementary amount of a social security payment | ||
Item | For this category of social security payment: | the supplementary amount is the total of: |
1 | Age pension Carer payment Special benefit Special needs age pension Special needs disability support pension Special needs 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; and (e) so much of the payment as is included by way of energy supplement |
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; and (g) so much of the payment as is included by way of energy supplement |
3 | Jobseeker payment Parenting payment (benefit (PP partnered)) Parenting payment (pension (PP single)) 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; and (f) so much of the payment as is included by way of energy supplement |
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; and (e) so much of the payment as is included by way of energy supplement |
Note: A reference in this table to jobseeker payment or youth allowance includes a reference to farm household allowance under the Farm Household Support Act 2014 (see Part 5 of that Act).