To be eligible for Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP), you must be both of the following:
- adversely affected
- an Australian resident or eligible under other residence rules.
Adversely affected means that you or an eligible child you care for must have been directly affected by the declared disaster. This includes one or more of the following:
- serious injury
- an immediate family member who is an Australian citizen or resident has died or is missing.
A serious injury is when a person is hurt in the disaster and admitted to hospital or would have been admitted to hospital under normal circumstances.
To claim AGDRP, at the time of this disaster you must be either:
- 16 or older
- under 16 and get an eligible payment from us.
You can include any eligible child you care for at the time of this disaster in your claim.
You can only get AGDRP once for this disaster.
AGDRP for a person under 16
A person under 16 can get AGDRP in one of 2 ways.
Making your own claim if you’re under 16 and get an eligible payment
If you’re under 16 at the time of this disaster you must get one of the following payments to make your own claim for AGDRP:
You can claim for an eligible child who’s under 16 if, on the first day you or they were affected by the declared disaster, any of the following apply:
- you have a legal responsibility for the day-to-day care, welfare and development of a child who’s under 16 and dependent on you
- you get Parenting Payment, JobSeeker Payment, Youth Allowance for job seekers or Special Benefit as a principal carer of the child
- you get Family Tax Benefit and have at least 66% care of the child.
When you share the care of a child, only one of you can get AGDRP for the child.