The type of income support payment you may get depends on your circumstances.
Centrelink income support payments
The following payments are income support payments:
- Age Pension, you may get this if you’ve reached Age Pension age
- Austudy, you may get this if you’re 25 or older and studying or an Australian Apprentice
- Carer Payment, you may get this if you care for someone who has a severe disability, illness, or is frail aged
- Disability Support Pension, you may get this if you have a permanent physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition that stops you working
- JobSeeker Payment, you may get this if you’re between 22 and Age Pension age and looking for work
- Parenting Payment, you may get this if you’re the main carer of a young child
- Special Benefit, you may get this if you’re not eligible for any other income support from us.
The following allowances are income support payments:
- Farm Household Allowance, you may get this if you’re a farming family in financial hardship
- Youth Allowance you may get this if you’re 24 or younger and a student or Australian Apprentice, or 21 or younger and looking for work.
Department of Veterans’ Affairs payments
These payments are income support payments from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs:
- Age Pension
- Income Support Supplement
- Service Pension
- Veteran Payment.
Read more about income support on the Department of Veterans’ Affairs website.