Carer Allowance

Who can get it

To get this payment, you:

• must meet the residence rules
• must provide daily care and attention to someone who meets the payment rules for a person getting care
• and your partner must have a combined adjusted taxable income that is below the threshold.

Find out more about who can get it and how much you can get on the Services Australia website.

How to get it

Claim online

You'll need to link Centrelink to your myGov account, if you haven’t already.

If you don’t have a myGov account

Follow the steps to create a myGov account. After you’ve created one, you can link services to your account.

If you can’t claim online

Call the Disability, sickness and carers line on the Services Australia website.

Help in your language

You can call the multilingual phone service on the Services Australia website to speak with someone in your language.

Find information in more languages about Centrelink on the Services Australia website.