Eligibility

You may be eligible for a Bereavement Payment if:

• your partner dies and when they died you were both receiving either:
  • a pension from Centrelink or the Department of Veterans' Affairs, or
  • a benefit such as Newstart Allowance or Parenting Payment for at least 12 months, or
• you are caring for an adult or child who dies and you were receiving Carer Payment for them; or
• you are the carer or parent of a child who dies; and
  • you were getting, or were qualified to get Parental Leave Pay, Family Tax Benefit, Baby Bonus or Maternity Immunisation Allowance for the child who died.

You also need to be an Australian resident.

More information

• Bereavement Payment section
• Paid Parental Leave scheme for working parents section