Precedents: Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements
9 starting-point precedents for this area. Each one names the law it rests on and says how far AI may help.
- Precedents in this area
- 9
- Full text
- For signed-in accounts
- Newest law stated as at
- 18 October 2026
- Guidance for this area
- Tasks and AI use in Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements
| Precedent | Kind | Where it applies | AI use | Law stated as at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application for first review of a Centrelink decision (Administrative Review Tribunal): completion guideLink to the Tribunal's first review form for Centrelink decisions, with a guide to the Authorised Review Officer step, the decisions the Tribunal can change, reasons, signatures and consent to disclose, the paid parental leave time limit, and no fee. | Form | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 18 October 2026 |
| Request for formal review of a Centrelink decision by an Authorised Review Officer (letter and submission)Advocate's letter asking Services Australia for formal review of a Centrelink decision by an Authorised Review Officer: the decision, why it is wrong, the evidence, a request to pause debt repayments, and a note of the 13-week arrears point. | Letter | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 18 October 2026 |
| Request to waive or write off a Centrelink debt (special circumstances, administrative error, write-off)Advice-led letter asking Services Australia to waive all or part of a social security debt under the Social Security Act 1991 (special circumstances under s 1237AAD, sole administrative error under s 1237A) or, in the alternative, to write it off under s 1236. | Letter | Australia, Commonwealth | Red | 18 October 2026 |
| Application for second review of a Tribunal decision (Administrative Review Tribunal, Centrelink and child support): guideLink to the Tribunal's second review form, with a guide to which first review decisions it covers, the usual 28-day time limit and extension of time, the reasons section, and no fee. | Form | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 18 October 2026 |
| Application for review of a veterans' entitlements or military compensation decision (Administrative Review Tribunal): guideLink to the Tribunal's veterans' entitlements page and application, with a guide to which decisions it can review, the earlier review steps (Veterans' Review Board, Repatriation Commission, MRCC), and the information to give. | Form | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 18 October 2026 |
| Request to Services Australia for a client's records and the debt calculationLetter requesting a client's Centrelink records under Services Australia's administrative access scheme, with the client's consent: payment history, income details, the debt schedule and calculation, and the documents the decision relied on, with freedom of information as the fallback. | Letter | Australia, Commonwealth | Green | 18 October 2026 |
| Veterans' claim evidence checklist against the Statement of PrinciplesChecklist for testing a veteran's claimed condition against the applicable Statement of Principles: confirm the diagnosis, choose the reasonable hypothesis or balance of probabilities SoP for the service type, and map each factor to evidence of its existence and its relation to service. | Checklist | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 18 October 2026 |
| Disability Support Pension medical evidence checklist mapped to the Impairment TablesA checklist for building or reviewing the medical evidence for a Disability Support Pension claim or review: which Tables apply, whether each condition is diagnosed, reasonably treated and stabilised and likely to persist, the specialist evidence some Tables need, and the 20-point rule. | Checklist | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 18 October 2026 |
| Letter of advice on which veterans' Act governs a claim and what the 1 July 2026 changes meanA letter of advice to a veteran or dependant on whether a compensation or rehabilitation claim is decided under the VEA, the DRCA or the MRCA after the VETS Act changes from 1 July 2026, what continues, what changed, and the review pathway. | Letter | Australia, Commonwealth | Red | 18 October 2026 |
AI use levels: Green means AI can do most of the drafting and a lawyer reviews it. Yellow means AI helps in set ways and a lawyer checks specific points. Red means a lawyer does the work and AI stays out of the decisive steps.