- Top payments
- Parenting Payment
How to claim Parenting Payment
Complete the following steps to claim Parenting Payment.
- Non-medical rules
- 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.
- Top payments
- Home Equity Access Scheme
How much you can get under the Home Equity Access Scheme
The loan payments you get under the Home Equity Access Scheme depend on if you get a pension or not.
- Top payments
- Home Equity Access Scheme
How to manage your loan under the Home Equity Access Scheme
Your options and obligations for the Home Equity Access Scheme.
- Top payments
- Disability Support Pension
How we assess your claim for Disability Support Pension
When you claim Disability Support Pension (DSP), we assess if you meet both non-medical and medical rules.
Rural customers and primary producers
Some rural properties and farms have more than one title or larger blocks than residential properties. The asset test rules are different for these properties.
- Non-medical rules
- Income and assets tests
Income test for Disability Support Payment
Your income can reduce how much we pay you. We use the pension income test to assess Disability Support Pension (DSP).
Checking your enhanced Income Management account balance
You can check your enhanced Income Management account balance in different ways.
- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- If you’re in financial hardship
Length of aged care financial hardship assistance
How long you can get aged care financial hardship assistance depends on your situation. We work this out when you claim.
- Disability Support Pension
- Who can get it
Medical rules for Disability Support Pension
If you don’t meet the manifest medical rules, you need to meet the general medical rules to get Disability Support Pension (DSP).