Most useful information

1. Age Pension
2. How to manage your payment

Change of circumstances when you get Age Pension

If you get Age Pension and your circumstances change, you need to tell us. We need to check if you can keep getting it.

1. Top payments
2. Age Pension

How much Age Pension you can get

We use income and assets tests to work out how much Age Pension you get.

While you wait for a Centrelink claim outcome

There’s support while you wait to find out about your Centrelink claim outcome.

1. Carer Payment
2. Who can get it

Rules for the person you care for to get Carer Payment

The person you care for must meet rules for you to get Carer Payment.

1. Top payments
2. Age Pension

How to prepare to claim Age Pension

There are several things to consider when you’re preparing to claim Age Pension.

1. Asset types
2. Gifting

How much you can gift

Your payment may be affected if you gift more than the value of the gifting free area each year.

1. Age Pension
2. How to prepare to claim

Decide how to claim Age Pension

There are a few options for claiming Age Pension. Before you start you should decide how you want to claim.

1. Crisis Payment
2. Crisis Payment for other extreme circumstances

How much Crisis Payment for Other Extreme Circumstances you can get

You can get this Crisis Payment once per incident or extreme circumstance.

Income test for JobSeeker Payment

Your or your partner’s income can reduce how much we pay you.

Employment income reporting

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