To be eligible for this payment you need to have attended or tried to attend a commemoration service and be one of the following:
- a family member of an Australian who died
- a partner of an eligible family member
- an Australian who was seriously injured
- a family member of an Australian who was seriously injured
- a partner of an Australian who was seriously injured who has since died
- an eligible support person
- a first responder.
If you are not one of these people, you can still submit a claim and we’ll assess your circumstances.
You need to be an Australian citizen or permanent resident and either:
- travelled from Australia to Indonesia and attended or tried to attend the Bali Commemoration Service in person
- travelled within Australia and attended or tried to attend the Newcastle, New South Wales Commemoration Service in person.
You need to be 16 or older to make a claim. Each person must submit their own claim, unless you’re a dependent child.
You can include dependent children in your claim if you are their parent or legal guardian and if you attended or tried to attend the service because you’re any of the following:
- you’re the family of an Australian who died
- you’re a seriously injured Australian
- you’re a partner of a seriously injured Australian who has died.
What these terms mean
For this payment, we use the following definitions.
Family member of an Australian who died
Family includes any of the following:
- parents and step-parents
- partners
- siblings and step-siblings
- children and stepchildren.
Partners of family members may be eligible if they attended to provide emotional support. A partner must be nominated in a family member’s claim but also submit their own claim.
Support person for a family member of an Australian who died
If there was only one family member who travelled to a commemoration service, their support person may be eligible. Only one support person may be eligible and this person doesn’t need to be a relative.
The family member of the Australian who died must nominate the support person in their claim. The support person must submit their own claim.
Australian seriously injured
A serious injury includes if you either:
- needed hospitalisation of 48 hours or more
- suffered severe psychological trauma caused by the bombings.
Family member of an Australian seriously injured
Partners, dependent children and close relatives of Australians seriously injured may be eligible.
The Australian seriously injured must nominate their partner or a close relative in their claim. The partner or close relative must also submit their own claim.
A close relative is any of the following:
- parents
- step-parents
- siblings
- step-siblings
- adult children
- adult stepchildren
- ex-partners.
Support person for an Australian seriously injured
Australians who were seriously injured can nominate one support person to provide medical care in their claim. The person must be their attendant carer, paid to provide medical care, and no other eligible family who attended could provide this support.
Partner of an Australian seriously injured who has since died
The partner of an Australian who was seriously injured and has since died can claim.
First responder
A first responder is someone who provided initial emergency care and assistance to people affected by the 2005 Bali Bombings.