When did the old age pension start in australia?
In 1900, the states of New South Wales and Victoria enacted legislation introducing non-contributory pensions for those aged 65 and over. Queensland legislated a similar system in 1907 before the Australian labor Commonwealth government led by Andrew Fisher introduced a national aged pension under the Invalid and Old-Aged Pensions Act 1908. A national invalid disability pension was started in 1910, and a national maternity allowance was introduced in 1912.
When did an old age pension start in parts of australia?
1900
Social security in Australia
The Act provided for a non-contributory old age pension for people over the age of seventy, with the cost being borne by taxpayers generally. It was enacted in 1908 and was to pay a weekly pension of 5s a week (7s 6d for married couples) with effect from 1 January 1909. The level of benefit was deliberately set low to encourage workers to go on making their own provision for retirement. In order to be eligible, claimants had to have an income than £31. 10s. a year, and also had to pass a 'character test'; only those with a 'good character' could receive the pensions. Claimants also had to have been resident in Great Britain and Ireland for at least twenty years to be eligible, and those who had not worked habitually were also not eligible.
When did the nationwide old age pension take effect in australia?
1 January 1909
Old-Age Pensions Act 1908
Pension
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Old-Age Pensions Act 1908
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Social security in Australia
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A pension (/ˈpɛnʃən/, from Latin pensiō, "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments. 
Pension
A pension is a fund in which money is added while an employee is working and added to the fund to be used when the employee is retired. The old age pension started in parts of Australia in 1900. However, it did not take effect until 1 January 1909.