Carer's allowance and Christmas Bonus

[mummy25]

HI,
Just a quick update centrelink have granted my carer alllowance and back dated it 12 weeks which ment I got the carer bonus payment of $1000.
although i didnt recieve her carer allowance on that date the government announced it because centrelink backdate carer allowance payments for 12 weeks prior to your claim going in (if your doctor ticks the bock which said is this problem been more than 12 weeks or something like that).
It took centrelink 2 days to finalise my carer allowance claim much sooner than I expected.

[briggsy's girl]

great news jen. once things are approved, processing doesn't take too long - it's fantastic that it's all worked out for you