Benefits and Payments
Payments
- Carer Payment
Income support payment for people whose caring responsibilities prevent them from undertaking substantial workforce participation. - Carer Allowance
Income supplement for people providing daily care and attention at home to a person with disability or a severe medical condition. - Child Disability Assistance Payment
Income supplement for people caring for children with disability. - Carer Adjustment Payment
Provides one-off financial assistance to families in exceptional circumstances who do not qualify for Carer Payment (child). Includes answers to frequently asked questions. - Other Benefits and payments for carers
Other benefits and payments for which carers may also be eligible. - Utilities Allowance
Utilities Allowance is an income supplement available to Carer Payment recipients, and certain other income support recipients, to assist with utilities bills such as gas and electricity. Utilities Allowance has been increased to $500 a year for singles or couples combined, from 20 March 2008 and is paid in quarterly instalments. - Telephone Allowance
Telephone Allowance is an income supplement available to Carer Payment recipients, and certain other income support recipients and pensioners, to assist in maintaining a home telephone or Internet service.
Social security legislation
