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  2. Pensioner Education Supplement

How to manage your Pensioner Education Supplement

If you get the Pensioner Education Supplement, you need to tell us if your circumstances change, including going overseas or changing your study.

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  2. Special Disability Trusts

How a Special Disability Trust works

A Special Disability Trust can have 1 principal beneficiary who meets the eligibility criteria.

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  2. Telephone Allowance

How to manage your Telephone Allowance

Your options and obligations for Telephone Allowance.

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  2. Energy Supplement

Who can get Energy Supplement

To get Energy Supplement you must get a certain payment or card from us.

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  2. Energy Supplement

How to get Energy Supplement

You don't need to apply for Energy Supplement. We’ll include it with your regular payment.

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  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.

Gifting

If you give away your income or assets, they may still count towards your income and assets tests. This also applies if you sell them for less than they’re worth.

Business structures

Your business structure may affect your and your partner’s payments from us.

  1. Disability Support Pension
  2. Who can get it

Getting help with Disability Support Pension

You can get help from an advocate, nominee or us with your Disability Support Pension (DSP).

Income maintenance period

This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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