Summary
Amends the:
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to extend the automatic grant of intermediate and temporary special rate disability pensions to eligible dependants of veterans or members;
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
and
Social Security Act 1991
to extend eligibility for income support supplements to certain war widows and widowers; and
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to extend a tax exempt bereavement payment to the estate of certain single pensioners who die in indigent circumstances.