Compass Wiki · product knowledge base
How Compass works, what the system means, and where the evidence comes from.
The wiki explains the Australian welfare map, Compass components, international agreements, country profiles, calculators, evidence rules and source roles. It is written for users who want context before making a decision.
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Compass concepts and components
How Australia’s welfare system fits together
Australia’s support system is a network of Commonwealth payments, health programmes, disability supports, state and territory schemes, workplace systems, superannuation and international coordination.
Read article → ComponentSituation Navigator
The navigator starts with a life situation rather than an agency name, then narrows the relevant programme family.
Read article → ComponentPayment pages
Each payment page brings together conditions, rates, calculators or cross-checks where available, plus the underlying Core records and official sources.
Read article → ComponentCalculators and estimates
Compass calculators expose their methodology and source parameters so an estimate can be checked rather than treated as a black box.
Read article → InternationalInternational social security agreements
Australia’s agreements coordinate parts of two national systems. They can help with claims, qualifying periods and portability, but they do not merge the two welfare systems or cover every payment.
Read article → InternationalAgreement country pages
Country pages combine Australian agreement decision criteria with the foreign country’s wider welfare-system structure from ISSA.
Read article → EvidenceSources, evidence and disagreements
Compass treats source provenance as part of the product: publisher, authority role, effective date and retrieval status remain visible.
Read article → EvidenceMethodology
Compass separates navigation, published facts, calculations, comparative data and legal authority so users can see what kind of evidence they are looking at.
Read article →Need the live tool?
The wiki explains. Compass navigates.
Use the wiki for context, then return to the live navigator, payment detail, calculators or agreement-country pages.