Hours you can work If you get DSP, you can have paid work up to 29 hours a week. You can do this without losing your DSP payment providing you meet the income test.
$666.90 if you're 18 to 20, single and independent. $666.90 if you're a couple younger than 21. $900.80 if you're 21 or older and single, or younger than 21 and single plus have a child in your care. $1,358 if you're 21 or older and a couple, or younger than 21 and a couple with a child in your care.
Report employment income
If we've granted your claim, you must provide details of your and your partners income, before you get your first payment. If you get an income support payment from us, you must report any income you and your partner get.
Suspending your DSP for 2 years
We can suspend your DSP payment for up to 2 years if either: you work 30 or more hours per week.
If you're getting Disability Support Pension (DSP), we may do a review to check you still meet medical rules.
The Work Bonus income bank is useful for pensioners who wish to work, particularly those who undertake intermittent or occasional work. Note: from 1 December 2022 to 31 December 2023, a one-off, temporary credit of $4,000 applies to Work Bonus income bank balances.
Two years is the maximum amount of time that payment can be suspended (or for deemed suspension a maximum of 2 years and 14 days). After this time, the DSP recipient's payment must be cancelled.
You can get one advance in 12 months. The amount of the advance payment is equal to 13 payments of Mobility Allowance. If you get an advance payment, your Mobility Allowance will stop. It will start again when the advance period has finished.
You might be eligible for DES if you're: living with a mental health condition, treated illness, injury or disability that makes it difficult to find and keep a job. This includes living with anxiety or depression, a physical or intellectual disability, learning difficulties, visual or hearing impairment.
A person must lodge a proper claim before DSP can be granted. A person cannot lodge a proper claim for DSP if they are under age 16 or over age pension age.
The impairment rating helps us assess if you meet the general medical rules for DSP. To meet these rules, you need to have either: an impairment rating of 20 points or more on a single Impairment Table. 20 points or more in total on more than one Impairment Table and meet the Program of Support rules.
The rates for 2.6 million Age Pensioners as well as 750,000 people on the DSP and 295,000 Carer Payment recipients will increase by $8.40 a fortnight to $952.70 for singles, and $12.60 a fortnight to $1,436.20 for couples combined.
Each financial year we review certain types of income streams. We do this to ensure we assess your payments and concession cards correctly.
The 70 percent disability rating criterion for depression and anxiety is the most inclusive insofar as it represents a wide array of symptoms, including a progression of symptoms noted in the lower disability ratings.
You can get DSP for up to 28 days travel overseas in a 12 month period. It doesn't matter if you make a single trip or multiple trips.
The Government announced on 1 February 2022 that an aged care workforce bonus of up to $800 will be paid to eligible aged care staff in Government subsidised home care and residential care.
The Carer Supplement is an annual payment of $600 which is attached to each Carer Allowance. The Supplement is paid in July each year.
This payment is for those who start studying at any point in the year immediately after completing year 12 or equivalent. If you're eligible, you can only claim the Tertiary Access Payment from January 1 to December 31 in your first year of tertiary study.
You are unable to work or re-train
You must be able to show that your medical conditions stop you from: working for at least 15 hours a week, and. being trained to do a job you have not done before by doing, for example, an education course or on-the-job training.
You may be asked to attend an interview
If these investigations show that what you have told Centrelink about your income or family situation do not match up with your bank account details, your tax returns or other information, they may ask you to attend a Centrelink office for a voluntary interview.
You may have to pay income tax on your taxable Centrelink payments. We don't automatically deduct tax from most of our payments. But you can ask us to do this for you if you get a taxable payment. This can reduce the amount of tax you may have to pay at the end of the tax year.