Carer Allowance

Carer Allowance is a supplementary payment for parents or carers who provide additional daily care to an adult or dependent child who has a disability or medical condition or is frail aged

Carer Allowance is not income or asset tested

Carer Allowance may be payable for either a dependent child (under 16 years old) with a disability or medical condition that requires extra care, or for an adult (over 16 years) with a disability, medical condition or who is aged/frail and requires extra care

Carer Allowance eligibility

Carer Allowance payment rates

Claiming Carer Allowance

There are no guarantees that you will qualify for Carer Allowance – but if you are caring for an adult or child with additional needs (including kids with asthma, ADD/ADHD, child on the Autism spectrum etc) – apply! Your application is based on a needs assessment, so one person with a child with asthma may be granted payment, while the next wont, depending on the severity of the condition and how much extra care the child needs. You may not be granted payment, but it’s better to apply and allow the correct people to assess the situation, than to assume you won’t get it, and find out a year or two later that you may have qualified and have missed out on the payment for all that time...