Double Orphan Pension
A regular payment if you’re caring for a child whose parents can’t care for them or have died.
To get this you must care for a child at least 35% of the time, and 1 of the following applies to them:
- their parents have both died
- one parent has died and the other is in a psychiatric institution or nursing home for an indefinite time, in prison for at least 10 years or their whereabouts are unknown
- they're a refugee and both parents are living outside Australia or their whereabouts are unknown.
Read the full conditions under who can get it.
Page last updated: 1 November 2019
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