Significant changes have been made to Australian pensions, as part of the Australian Government's Secure and Sustainable Pension Reform. The changes came into effect on 20 September 2009.

Information on the changes is available in the following documents.

Seniors Information Kit  (July 2009)   PDF (1.35Mb)

Family Pension Rates Tables - new 20/9/09  PDF (18.6Kb)

Family Pension FAQs MSWord file (34.5Kb)

More information is available on the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs website.