SASS spouse pension benefits
When a SASS pension member who was receiving a pension with a residual pension entitlement dies (all LGPF pensions, and those TRF and NRF pensions where the member elected to take a pension with a residual entitlement), an eligible spouse or de facto partner is eligible for a reversionary pension benefit entitlement.
A spouse pension may also be payable to the spouse of a SASS pension member who was a former member of the RSA.
For TRF, NRF and LGPF residual pensions, a pension is payable to the spouse or de facto partner for life at an annual rate equal to 62.5% of the annual rate of pension paid to the deceased pension member immediately before their death. This pension is adjusted in line with increases in the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index) for Sydney from June quarter to June quarter.