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Helps ADF personnel and their families access mental health services.

1800 628 036

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Help for people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence and abuse.

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Pensions

We pay pensions to former serving members who cannot work due to age or illness.

Deadlines to update us so pension pay is right

Find out what you must tell us and when, to make sure you get the right amount each pension payday

Disability pensions and allowances

Find out what we may pay to veterans whose service caused or worsened an injury or disease

Foreign pensions

Any pensions from other countries that you are eligible for can impact your Australian pensions

Get us to pay your social security age pension

Find out if we can pay your age pension

Home Equity Access Scheme

See how you can borrow on a portion of your home to top up your income

How foreign pensions can affect the age pension

Your pension from another country can impact your pension from us.

Participating in the pension bonus scheme

If you registered for this scheme before 1 July 2014 you can learn about your membership

Payment to an overseas account

If you live outside of Australia we will pay on a schedule different to if you live in Australia

Pension bonus estimator

You can work out the rough amount of pension bonus that you may get

Social security age pension overview

You may get your age pension paid through us, instead of paid through Centrelink

The transitional rules

If you started receiving your pension before 20 September 2009 you may be paid at a different rate

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