MEDIA RELEASE
20 March 2018
VETERAN PENSIONS SET TO
INCREASE
VETERAN pension
payments will increase in March in line with the
biannual indexation process.
Pension
recipients including veterans, their partners,
war widows and widowers across Australia will
receive increased payments from 20 March 2018.
Due to the
calculation of pension rates on a daily basis,
the first pension paid after the indexation on
payday 29 March 2018 will comprise both the old
and new rates.
The new pension
rates will be fully effective from payment date
12 April 2018.
The table below
highlights the new fortnightly rates.
|
SERVICE PENSION |
Old rate
(fortnightly) |
New rate
(fortnightly) |
Increase
(fortnightly) |
|
Single person
|
$894.40
|
$907.60
|
$13.20
|
|
Couples (each)
|
$674.20
|
$684.10
|
$9.90 |
|
Single person –
transitional |
$752.40
|
$762.00
|
$9.60 |
|
Couples (each) –
transitional |
$607.00
|
$614.80
|
$7.80 |
|
WAR WIDOWS |
|
|
|
|
War widow(er)’s
pension |
$909.10
|
$922.50
|
$13.40
|
|
Income support
supplement (ceiling rate) |
$268.50
|
$272.60
|
$4.10 |
|
DISABILITY
PENSION |
Old rate
(fortnightly) |
New rate
(fortnightly) |
Increase
(fortnightly) |
|
T&PI (Special rate)
|
$1,373.80
|
$1,394.20
|
$20.40
|
|
Intermediate rate |
$932.70
|
$946.60
|
$13.90
|
|
EDA |
$758.90
|
$770.20
|
$11.30
|
|
100 per cent
|
$488.40
|
$495.70
|
$7.30 |
|
10 per cent
|
$55.77
|
$56.50
|
$0.73 |
These are the maximum rates
of payment and include any Energy Supplement
payable.
Pensions are
indexed twice a year in March and September. For
a full list of pension rates, please visit
www.dva.gov.au or
call 1800 555 254.
ENDS
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Whil Prendergast: 02 6277 7820
DVA Media: 02 6289 6466
