There seems to be some confusion over the qualifying period for aged pension. I entered Australia, at 30 years of age,as a government sponsored immigrant from the UK in September 1978. I was continually employed until December 2014.

I calculated my qualifying period as 36 years and 6 months. I claimed OAP in September 2015.

Recently I was informed by centrelink that my pension was being affected by the fact that I was only empoloyed for 400 + months and not the 500+ required to claim full pension.

I have been unsuccessful in sourcing any reference to this 500+ month rule either directly from CL or on the various information sources on the web.

Can anyone shed light on this please.