Residence rules for Age Pension
To be eligible for Age Pension you must meet the residence rules.
Supporting documents for your Centrelink claim
When you claim a payment or service, we’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim.
How to claim Age Pension
Complete the following steps to claim Age Pension.
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.
Assets test for allowances
We use the assets test to help us work out if you can be paid an allowance and how much you'll get.
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.
Superannuation
Superannuation is a long term savings structure to help fund your retirement.
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.
Income test for the Low Income Health Care Card
To get a Low Income Health Care Card your income must be under the limit.
Get a Centrelink payment
Find out about payments and services, setting up online accounts and claiming.