Most useful information

1. Disability Support Pension
2. How much you can get

Payment rates for Disability Support Pension

How much Disability Support Pension (DSP) you can get depends on your situation.

1. Ageing
2. Caring for elderly

Choosing between Carer Payment and Age Pension

In some situations, you can choose to get Carer Payment or Age Pension.

1. Top payments
2. Carer Payment

Who can get Carer Payment

To get Carer Payment, both you and the person you provide care for need to be eligible.

1. Disability Support Pension
2. Who can get it

Other payments if you can’t get Disability Support Pension

If you can’t get Disability Support Pension (DSP), you may be able to get a different payment.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

1. Carer Allowance
2. Who can get it

Residence rules for Carer Allowance

To be eligible for Carer Allowance you must meet the residence rules.

1. What changes you need to know or tell us about
2. Customer service changes

Public holiday reporting and payment dates

Your reporting and payment dates may change when we close for national public holidays. We may pay you early.

1. Top payments
2. Carer Allowance

How much Carer Allowance you can get

Carer Allowance is $162.60 each fortnight.

1. Contact us
2. What changes you need to know or tell us about

Change of circumstances if you get a Centrelink payment

It’s important to tell us if your circumstances change if you get a Centrelink payment, plan to claim a payment, or owe us money.

Waiting periods

You may have to wait before your payments start.