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  2. Social security in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In 1900, New South Wales and Victoria enacted legislation introducing non-contributory pensions for those aged 65 and over. Queensland legislated a similar system in 1907 before the Deakin government introduced a national aged pension under the Invalid and Old-Aged Pensions Act 1908. A national invalid disability pension was started in 1910 ...

  3. Centrelink - Wikipedia

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    Centrelink logo until 2012. The Centrelink Master Program, or more commonly known as Centrelink, is a Services Australia master program [2] of the Australian Government.It delivers a range of government payments and services for retirees, the unemployed, families, carers, parents, people with disabilities, Indigenous Australians, students, apprentices and people from diverse cultural and ...

  4. Department of Social Security (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    The disability support pension was the primary source of income support for disabled people who could not support themselves with paid employment. [ 32 ] Initially introduced under the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908 in 1910 as the Invalid pension, the pension provided income support for those who were 16 years and over and permanently ...

  5. Disability pension - Wikipedia

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    The disability pension consists of two components. The first is a basic amount which is fixed to 9% of average wages (2,700 CZK in 2018) . The second components is a percentage amount from the average of previous wages. The percentage is determined individually from the number of insured years. This amount is higher for higher degrees of ...

  6. Superannuation in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Pension recipients are assessed under an Asset test and an Income test and their pension is reduced by whichever test lowers their pension amount the most. As at March 2022, to be eligible for the full pension single homeowners must have assets less than $270,500 and single non-homeowners assets less than $487,000.

  7. Pension systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Mandatory occupational pension provision: Voluntary private collective pension provision; Voluntary private individual pension provision Georgia: Basic pension: N/A: N/A: N/A Germany: Social assistance: Social insurance system: Voluntary occupational pension insurance: Private pension schemes Hong Kong: Basic pension: Provident fund system: N/A ...

  8. Affordable housing by country - Wikipedia

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    Australians in receipt of many social security benefits from Centrelink who rent housing from a private landlord are eligible for rent assistance, a subsidy paid directly to the tenant in addition to the basic Centrelink benefit, such as the Age Pension or the Disability Pension. The amount of rent assistance paid depends on the amount of rent ...

  9. Aged care in Australia - Wikipedia

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    A basic daily fee, which is a percentage of one's aged pension; A means-tested fee, payable if one's income is over a certain amount; Once an individual has had an ACAT assessment, this will be sent to Centrelink, which will determine how much needs to be paid. [20] An ACAT assessment is a comprehensive assessment with an Aged Care Assessment Team.