Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1061sa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1061SA
Character Range: 1356113–1360851

1061SA  Increased rate of telephone allowance
 (1) The rate of telephone allowance for a person to whom section 1061SB (increased rate for home internet) applies is worked out using the following table:

Increased rate of telephone allowance
Column 1                               Column 2                                                                                                                                                      Column 3
Item                                   Person's situation                                                                                                                                            Rate per year
1.                                     Not member of a couple                                                                                                                                        $132.00
3.                                     Partnered (partner getting neither social security pension nor social security benefit), and partner not a holder of a seniors health card                    $66.00
4.                                     Partnered, and:                                                                                                                                               $132.00
                                       (a) partner getting pension or benefit; or
                                       (b) partner is a holder of a seniors health card;
                                       and:
                                       (c) partner is not getting telephone allowance; and
                                       (d) if the partner were taken to be qualified for telephone allowance, section 1061R would not prevent telephone allowance from being payable to the partner
5.                                     Partnered, and:                                                                                                                                               $66.00
                                       (a) partner getting pension or benefit; or
                                       (b) partner is a holder of a seniors health card;
                                       and:
                                       (c) partner is getting telephone allowance at the increased rate; or
                                       (d) if the partner were taken to be qualified for telephone allowance, section 1061R would prevent telephone allowance from being payable to the partner
6.                                     Member of an illness separated, temporarily separated or respite care couple                                                                                  $132.00
7.                                     Partnered, and:                                                                                                                                               $132.00
                                       (a) partner not getting veterans supplement under section 118B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; and
                                       (b) partner not getting MRCA supplement under section 221 or 245 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act
8.                                     Partnered, and:                                                                                                                                               $66.00
                                       (a) partner getting veterans supplement under section 118B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or
                                       (b) partner getting MRCA supplement under section 221 or 245 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act
9.                                     Partnered (partner in gaol)                                                                                                                                   $132.00
10.                                    Partnered (partner getting pension or benefit) and partner getting telephone allowance at the standard rate                                                   $88.00

Note: The amounts in column 3 are indexed or adjusted annually in line with CPI increases (see sections 1191 to 1194).
 (2) Item 7 does not apply to a person if any other item applies to the person.
 (3) If item 8 applies to a person, item 3 does not apply to the person.
 (5) For the purposes of working out a person's rate of telephone allowance under subsection (1), the person's partner is taken to be the holder of a seniors health card if the partner:
 (a) is temporarily absent from Australia for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks; and
 (b) was the holder of a seniors health card immediately before leaving Australia.