Mutual obligation requirements for principal carers
Find out about your mutual obligation requirements if you’re a principal carer.
- Essential Medical Equipment Payment
- 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.
- Top payments
- Carer Payment
Who can get Carer Payment
To get Carer Payment, both you and the person you provide care for need to be eligible.
Transfer Carer Payment and Carer Allowance from child to adult
You may be getting Carer Payment or Carer Allowance, or both payments. When a child in your care is turning 16, you can transfer your Carer Payment and or Carer Allowance from a child to an adult.
- Caring for someone
- Most useful information
Carer Payment and Carer Allowance - Medical Report for a child under 16 years form (SA431)
Use this form as part of the assessment of eligibility for Carer Payment, Carer Allowance or Special Disability Trust beneficiary status.
- Caring for someone
- Most useful information
Carer Payment - Income and assets details - child or children being cared for - under 16 years form (SA304(C))
Use this form to tell us about your and your partner’s income and assets if you’re the parent or legal guardian caring for a child under the age of 16.
- Top payments
- Carer Allowance
How to claim Carer Allowance
Complete the following steps to claim Carer Allowance. Before you start, check if you can get it.
- Carer Allowance
- How to claim
Other forms you may need to complete - Carer Allowance
When you make your claim for Carer Allowance, we may ask you to give us more information.
- Top payments
- Carer Adjustment Payment
How much Carer Adjustment Payment you can get
You can get a one-off payment to help care for your child.
- Carer Payment
- How to keep your payment
Breaks from caring when you get Carer Payment
You can still get Carer Payment if you take a break from providing care or the person getting care is in hospital.