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Claiming Your Super

To claim your benefit you must fill out a benefit application form. Each form contains information about your eligibility for a benefit and how to fill in the form.

Claiming Preserved Member Benefits before Preservation Age

If you were a Member of MilitarySuper, have a preserved Member Benefit, are under your preservation age and wish to withdraw some or all of the preserved Member Benefit from the MilitarySuper Fund you will need to complete a Claiming Preserved Member Benefits before Preservation Age (M60) (PDF, 113KB) form.

Claiming Preserved Member Benefits after Preservation Age

If you were a Member of MilitarySuper, have preserved benefits, have reached your preservation age and wish to withdraw some or all of the preserved benefit from the MilitarySuper Fund you will need to complete a Claiming Preserved Member Benefits after Preservation Age (M65) (PDF, 230KB) form.

If you are a Member of MilitarySuper and you are seeking early access to your preserved benefits on the grounds of severe financial hardship you will need to complete an Application for Early Release of MilitarySuper Preserved and/or Ancillary Benefits on the grounds of Severe Financial Hardship (access-HDS) (PDF, 445k) form.

Early release under these provisions can only be approved:

  1. on provision of specified documentary evidence that the applicant is personally in receipt of a defined Commonwealth income support payment; and
  2. where release is necessary to meet proven reasonable and immediate family living expenses. 'Reasonable and immediate family living expenses' means there is a gap between the combined income of the applicant and their family and the combined family expenses associated with everyday living; and the family has no assets that could (reasonably and realistically speaking), be used or sold to cover the gap, other than the preserved superannuation benefit.

Note: Early access to benefits is NOT available to current contributing Members.

You must attach a letter, which applies to you and not to other Members of your family, from either the Department of Family and Community Services (through Centrelink - Form Q230), or Veterans' Affairs confirming that you are in receipt of an eligible Commonwealth income support payment, for a continuous period of twenty-six weeks. This letter must be dated no more than 21 days prior to the date of your application.

You need only write a letter if you are applying on incapacity grounds.

The fact sheet Early Access to your Superannuation Benefit (PDF 398k) can be downloaded with this information.

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For information about your superannuation entitlement, the payment of your benefit or about any other superannuation related matter, see the Customer Service Centre.

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