Benefits & Support
Public benefits, allowances and support programs.
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Submit your own Medicare claim when your health provider has not claimed for you. Check invoices, proof of payment, online limits and processing times.
Special Benefit is a Centrelink payment for people in financial hardship who cannot support themselves and cannot get another income support payment. Check eligibility, visa and residence rules, income and assets tests, documents and how to claim.
Claim a yearly payment for eligible medical equipment or medically required heating or cooling at home. Check the concession card, energy cost and evidence rules.
Current Centrelink recipients may be able to receive part of a payment early. Check the rules for your payment, apply through myGov or the Centrelink app, and see how repayments reduce future payments.
You can claim Australia’s Age Pension up to 13 weeks before turning 67. Check the residence, income and assets rules, prepare supporting documents, and claim through myGov or ask Centrelink for a paper or assisted claim.
Register a family or couple to combine eligible Medicare Safety Net costs, and learn how to update the registration when your family changes.
Claim Carer Allowance through Centrelink if you provide ongoing daily care to someone with disability, a medical condition or who is frail aged.
Claim Centrelink Crisis Payment after family or domestic violence changes your living arrangements. Check the 7-day contact deadline, eligibility and safe claiming options.
Learn who can claim Mobility Allowance, what medical and activity evidence you may need, how to apply through Centrelink and when NDIS support makes you ineligible.
Claim JobSeeker Payment through Centrelink if you lose work, have your hours reduced or are temporarily unable to work and meet the eligibility rules.
Claim Disability Support Pension through Centrelink and prepare the medical evidence Services Australia needs to assess how your condition affects your ability to work.
Claim a Low Income Health Care Card through Centrelink if you meet the income and residence rules, even if you do not receive another qualifying payment.
Claim a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card through Centrelink if you have reached Age Pension age, do not receive an income-support payment and meet the residence and income rules.
Claim Carer Payment through Centrelink if providing constant care prevents you from supporting yourself through substantial paid work.
Learn how to apply for Centrelink Parenting Payment, including child age rules, income and assets limits, documents, myGov steps and payment timing.