Who can get it
You can get financial assistance for coronavirus if you get an eligible income support payment.
You’ll automatically get the supplement if you’re getting 1 of the following payments:
- JobSeeker Payment
- Partner Allowance
- Widow Allowance
- Sickness Allowance
- Youth Allowance
- Austudy
- ABSTUDY Living Allowance
- Parenting Payment
- Farm Household Allowance
- Special Benefit.
We’ll pay it to you automatically from 27 April 2020 until 24 September 2020 as part of your usual payment.
If you aren’t eligible for the Coronavirus Supplement, you may get 1 or both Economic Support Payments.
Page last updated: 1 June 2020
This information was printed 5 August 2020 from https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/coronavirus-supplement/who-can-get-it. It may not include all of the relevant information on this topic. Please consider any relevant site notices at https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/site-notices when using this material.