Australia Yearbook - 2001

274 Year Book Australia 2001
7.19 VETERANS’ CHILDREN EDUCATION SCHEME, Number Receiving Benefits—At 30 June 2000
NSW(a) Vic.
Qld SA(b) WA Tas. Aust.
Type of training
no. no.
no. no. no. no.
no.
At school
Primary(c) 300 167 428 105 178 70 1 248
Secondary 677 402 642 160 279 129 2 289
Total 977 569 1 070 265 457 199 3 537
Tertiary professional 252 186 251 69 128 49 935
Technical 50 75 93 29 80 11 338
Total 1 279 830 1 414 363 665 259 4 810
(a) Includes the Australian Capital Territory. (b) Includes the Northern Territory. (c) Not in receipt of an education allowance.
Source: Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
From 1 April 1993, all service pensioners became
eligible for ‘fringe benefits’, provided by the
Commonwealth Government, which include
medical and hospital treatment, pharmaceutical
benefits and the payment of a telephone
allowance.
A number of supplementary benefits are also
available under the sub-program. These include:
rent assistance;
additional pension in respect of dependent
children;
remote area allowance;
guardian allowance;
bereavement payment; and
pharmaceutical allowance.
Table 7.20 shows the total number of pensions as
at 30 June 2000, and Table 7.21 shows the
number of pensions and annual expenditure for
the years 1992–2000.
7.20 SERVICE PENSIONS, Number by Category—At 30 June 2000
World
War I
World
War II(a)
Korea, Malaya
& FESR(b)
Viet Nam
no. no.
no. no. no. no.
Veterans
Old age/permanently incapacitated 15 135 344 10 313 16 786 3 334 165 792
Tuberculosis(c) 0 144 4 0 0 148
Total 15 135 488 10 317 16 786 3 334 165 940
Wives and widows 87 108 393 7 753 12 238 2 665 131 136
Total 102 243 881 18 070 29 024 5 999 297 076
(a) Includes British Commonwealth and Allied Forces. (b) Far East Strategic Reserve. (c) Eligibility on these grounds ceased on
2 November 1978.
Source: Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Other
Total
7.21 SERVICE PENSIONS, Number and Expenditure
Veterans
Wives and widows
Pensions in force, 30 June
Year
no.
no.
no.
$’000
1992 215 010 156 603 371 613 2 377 619
1993 210 406 152 742 363 148 2 389 886
1994 204 793 148 184 352 977 2 382 307
1995 198 793 148 974 347 713 2 426 579
1996 192 342 145 481 337 823 2 609 460
1997 186 228 142 520 328 748 2 644 118
1998 179 673 138 906 318 579 2 602 122
1999 172 654 135 904 308 558 2 680 409
2000 165 940 131 136 297 076 2 587 972
(a) Includes associated allowances.
Source: Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Total
Annual expenditure(a)