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  1. Who can get it
  2. Income and assets test

Income test for Carer Payment

Your income can reduce how much we pay you. We use the pension income test to assess Carer Payment.

  1. Essential Medical Equipment Payment
  2. Who can get it and how much you can get

Heating or cooling for medical needs

You can get the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) for heating or cooling used for medical needs.

  1. Top payments
  2. Child Disability Assistance Payment

Who can get Child Disability Assistance Payment

To get this payment, you need to be getting Carer Allowance for a child younger than 16 for a period that includes 1 July.

  1. Top payments
  2. Essential Medical Equipment Payment

How to claim Essential Medical Equipment Payment

Complete the following steps to claim Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP). Before you start, check if you can get it.

  1. Top payments
  2. Child Disability Assistance Payment

How to get Child Disability Assistance Payment

You don’t need to claim for Child Disability Assistance Payment. If you’re eligible, we’ll pay it straight into your bank account.

  1. Top payments
  2. Carer Adjustment Payment

How much Carer Adjustment Payment you can get

You can get a one-off payment to help care for your child.

  1. Caring for someone
  2. Getting support

Getting a payment if you’re a carer

There are payments available to help you if you provide care for someone.

  1. Who can get it and how much you can get
  2. Eligible equipment

What are the alternative names for essential medical equipment

Sometimes eligible medical equipment for the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) might have a different name.

  1. Carer Allowance
  2. How to manage your allowance

Travel outside Australia rules for Carer Allowance

There are rules about when you can get Carer Allowance when you or the person you are caring for travel outside Australia. You must meet the Carer Allowance rules at all times.

  1. Carer Payment
  2. How to keep your payment

Travel outside Australia rules for Carer Payment

There are rules about when you can get Carer Payment when you or the person you care for travel outside Australia. You must meet the Carer Payment rules at all times.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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