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3 Information for carers We offer payments to people who care for someone. Carer Payment To get this payment you and the person you provide care for must be under the income and assets test limits. You must: ? give constant, daily care to someone who has severe disability, or severe illness, or who is frail aged ? care for them in a private home for at least six months ? not work or study for more than

25 hours a week ? not be on another income support payment. Carer Allowance To get this allowance you must give extra daily care at home to: ? a child aged under

16 who has a disability or serious illness and lives with you ? two or more children aged under

16 living with you whose care needs add up to the same as one eligible child, or ? someone aged

16 or older who has a disability, or serious illness, or is frail aged. Carer Supplement A payment for those who get an eligible payment to provide care for a person with a disability or medical condition. It's paid once a year. Carer Adjustment Payment To get this one-off payment, you must: ? give full-time care to a child under

7 who has a severe illness, medical condition, or major disability following a catastrophic event ? care for them for at least

2 months ? get Carer Allowance for the child ? make sure you and your partner are not eligible for Carer Payment or other income support payments, and ? have a very strong need for financial help straight after the catastrophic event. Residence rules for carers On the day you claim, both you and the person you provide care for must be: ? Australian residents, and ? in Australia. ENGLISH PAGE

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3 Department of Human Services Change of circumstances You need to tell us within

14 days about any changes because your payment could change. If you deliberately don't tell us about changes, you could be charged with fraud. You must tell us if you: ? stop providing care ? start sharing the care with someone else ? marry, or start or stop living with your partner ? start getting more income ? increase your assets or your investments change ? move house ? go to live outside Australia ? go overseas for a holiday, or ? start doing more work or study. You must tell us if the person you provide care for: ? needs less care ? is in someone else's care ? goes into respite care or hospital ? stops being a dependent child ? starts getting support from the National Disability Insurance Scheme ? goes to live outside Australia ? goes overseas for a holiday, or ? dies. Claiming carer payments If you have a Centrelink online account, you can claim Carer Payment, Carer Allowance or both online. For more information ? go to humanservices.gov.au/carers for more information in English ? go to humanservices.gov.au/yourlanguage where you can read, listen to or watch videos with information in your language ? call

131 202 to speak with us in your language about Centrelink payments and services ? call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on

131 450 to speak with us in your language about Medicare and Child Support payments and services ? visit a service centre. Note: calls from your home phone to '13' numbers from anywhere in Australia are charged at a fixed rate. That rate may vary from the price of a local call and may also vary between telephone service providers. Calls to '1800' numbers from your home phone are free. Calls from public and mobile phones may be timed and charged at a higher rate. ENGLISH PAGE

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3 Department of Human Services Disclaimer The information contained in this publication is intended only as a guide to payments and services. It's your responsibility to decide if you wish to apply for a payment and to make an application with regard to your particular circumstances.