Most useful information for caring for someone

1. Top payments
2. Carer Supplement

How much Carer Supplement you can get

Carer Supplement is an annual payment of $600 for each eligible payment you get. You’ll get this on top of your regular payment.

1. Top payments
2. Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card

Who can get an Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card

You can get an Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card if you meet certain criteria.

1. How to manage your allowance
2. Travel outside Australia

When and how to tell us about overseas travel if you get Carer Allowance

When you get Carer Allowance, you may need to tell us if you or the person you care for are leaving Australia.

1. Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card
2. How to manage your card

Renew your Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card

You can renew your Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card over the phone.

1. Top payments
2. Carer Payment

How to manage Carer Payment

When we’ll contact you about your options for Carer Payment.

1. Who can get it
2. Income and assets test

Assets test for Carer Payment

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

1. Top payments
2. Carer Allowance

While you wait for Carer Allowance

There are some things you can do while you wait for your Carer Allowance claim outcome.

1. Electronic messaging
2. How to manage your messages

Update your electronic messaging contact details

If you change your mobile number or email address, you need to tell us straight away.

1. Death of a loved one
2. Most useful information

Advice of death form (SA116)

Use these forms to advise us of the death of an adult or child. We’ll use these details to update records with Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Get health care

Concession and health care cards

Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.