The Commonwealth provides supplementary financial assistance to meet additional superannuation expenses over and above the standard level of funding provided for this purpose in the operating grant.
Higher education institutions are eligible for supplementary financial assistance in respect of approved State emerging cost schemes.
The level of supplementary financial assistance is demand driven. Claims by institutions are assessed annually by the Department. The amounts of assistance determined are paid as a component of the total operating grants to institutions.
The allocation for superannuation supplementation in 2008 is $134.6 million.
Superannuation Programme - Other Grants Guidelines 
Administering area: Institutional Reporting & Analysis Unit