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Income streams

These are regular payments made from your superannuation fund or purchased using either superannuation money or savings.

  1. Carer Payment
  2. Who can get it

Rules for caring for multiple people and get Carer Payment

When you care for multiple people there are different rules for Carer Payment

  1. Non-medical rules
  2. Income and assets tests

Assets test for Disability Support Pension

The assets test helps us work out if you can get paid Disability Support Pension. It also affects how much you'll get.

Real estate assets

Information about how real estate assets affect your payment under the assets test.

Supporting documents for your Centrelink claim

When you claim a payment or service, we’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim.

  1. Relationship changes
  2. Most useful information

Relationship details form (SS284)

Use this form to provide us details of your living arrangements. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.

Employment income reporting

You must tell us the gross employment income you and your partner get so we can pay you the right amount.

Deeming

Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.

When to report your income to Centrelink

If you’re getting an income support payment, we’ll tell you when you need to report any other income you get.

Employment income

This is pay you get for work you've done for an employer.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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