Most useful information for living with disability

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  1. Centrelink self service
  2. Electronic messaging

How to manage electronic messaging

Your options and obligations for electronic messaging.

  1. Top payments
  2. Telephone Allowance

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.

  1. Top payments
  2. Energy Supplement

Who can get Energy Supplement

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

  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. Child Disability Assistance Payment

How much Child Disability Assistance Payment you can get

You can get up to $1,000 each year for each child who qualifies you for Carer Allowance.

  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).

  1. Assets test
  2. Asset types

Granny flat interest

A granny flat interest is an agreement for accommodation for life. It can affect your eligibility or rate of payment and we may include it in your assets test.

Approved courses and education providers

You must study an approved course at an approved education provider to get Youth Allowance, Austudy, or Pensioner Education Supplement.

  1. How we assess your claim
  2. Assessing your ability to work

Program of Support for Disability Support Pension

You may need to participate in a Program of Support before you claim Disability Support Pension (DSP).

  1. How to manage your payment
  2. Reviews

Medical reviews for Disability Support Pension

If you’re getting Disability Support Pension (DSP), we may do a review to check you still meet medical rules.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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