Pharmaceutical Allowance if you have a temporary illness or medical condition
You may get Pharmaceutical Allowance if you have a temporary illness or medical condition.
Disability Support Pension Medical Evidence Checklist form (SA473)
Use this checklist to help ensure you have the right medical evidence to support your claim for Disability Support Pension.
Income and assets tests for Disability Support Pension
The amount of Disability Support Pension (DSP) you can get depends on your assessable income and assets.
Rural customers and primary producers
Some rural properties and farms have more than one title or larger blocks than residential properties. The asset test rules are different for these properties.
How much Pharmaceutical Allowance you can get
You’ll get the allowance with your regular payment each fortnight.
Financial investments
The value of your financial investments counts in the assets test and income test for payments from us.
Prepare to transfer to Age Pension if you get Disability Support Pension
If you get Disability Support Pension and you're Age Pension age, you can apply to transfer to Age Pension.
How gifting can affect your payment
If you or your partner gift money, income or assets, we may assess it in your income and assets tests.
Who can get Telephone Allowance
You can get Telephone Allowance if you have a telephone connected in your name and get a certain payment. You can also get it if the connection is in your partner’s name.
Funeral bonds and prepaid funerals
Funeral costs you pay for in advance normally don’t count in your assets test for payments from us. There are some exceptions.