Illness or disability

Payments

Centrelink supports people who are ill, injured or have a disability with a range of payments:

• Disability Support Pension
• Sickness Allowance
• Mobility Allowance

If you are under 21, you may also be eligible for the Youth Disability Supplement.

To find out more, refer to Payments while you are ill, injured or have a disability.

Services and programs

The government provides a range of services and programs for people who are ill, injured or have a disability.

Services include help with looking for work and planning for the future. For more information, refer to Services and programs for people with an illness, injury or disability.

Publications

Listed below are publications you may find useful:

• Are you ill, injured or do you have a disability? Booklet

To find out more, view Publications if you are ill, injured or have a disability.

Avoid a Centrelink debt

Avoid a debt by letting us know when your situation changes.

Centrelink's here to help, but there are lots of things that can affect your payment. Refer to How do I avoid getting a debt? for more information.

Centrelink contacts

You can contact Centrelink in lots of ways:

• Phone us
• Write to us
• Visit us
• Message us

For more information, refer to Contact Us.

Making a claim for payment

Listed below are claim forms you may find useful:

• Claim for Disability Support Pension or Sickness Allowance form
• Claim for Mobility Allowance form

You may need to complete several forms to make a claim.

For more information, view Claim forms if you are ill, injured or have a disability.

Working with an illness, injury or disability

Centrelink provides a wide range of services to help you look for work and make career-related decisions. For more information, refer to Working with an illness, injury or disability.

Unable to look for work due to a serious illness

For more information, refer to Information for customers with a serious illness who are unable to look for work.

Direct bill-paying service

Centrepay is a free direct bill-paying service offered to customers receiving payments from Centrelink.

Through Centrepay you can choose to pay bills by having a regular amount deducted from your Centrelink payment.

Other information

Other information you may find useful:

• Someone to deal with Centrelink for you
• Centrelink recognises same-sex relationships from 1 July 2009
• Accommodation and renting
• Fares Allowance
• Owing money to Centrelink or the Family Assistance Office
• Health Care Cards

Centrelink Confirmation eServices

We want you to step out of line...

Now you don't have to line up at Centrelink to get your Income Statement when applying for concessions or services — Centrelink Confirmation eServices can do it for you.

For more on applying for concessions or services, refer to Centrelink Confirmation eServices.

Useful links

To find other resources on the web for people who are ill, injured or have a disability, refer to Useful website links.