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Agreement country pages

Country pages combine Australian agreement decision criteria with the foreign country’s wider welfare-system structure from ISSA.

Australian side

Compass shows the Australian payment categories that may need testing under an agreement, with links to Australian payment detail or Services Australia.

Country-system side

Compass uses ISSA to show the foreign country’s social-security branches and, where an ingested profile contains them, named benefits or programmes.

Agreement checklist

Users can add Australian and foreign payments to a local comparison list for that country. The selection remains in the browser and is not sent to Sentrix.

Why the layers stay separate

A benefit can exist in a country’s welfare system without being covered by the bilateral agreement. The agreement text and current operational guidance decide coverage.

Sources and further reading