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Covid-19 financial help
If you’re impacted by COVID-19, you may be eligible for financial help depending on your situation. The rules are different for each payment.
Concessions
Explore a range of concessions to help with your household and other expenses.
- Find out more about Discounts & concessions
- Find out more about Concessions & benefits
- Find out more at ACT Assistance
- Find out more at NSW Government Community Support
- Find out more about concessions and payments
- Find out more about Concessions
- Find out more about Disability concessions and entitlements
- Find out more at Concessions WA
Child Disability Assistance Payment
This is an annual payment to help with the cost of caring for a child with disability. You might be able to get the payment if you get a Carer Allowance.
Financial Information Service
A free service is available through Services Australia that can inform and educate you about your finances. You can book and watch free financial education and information webinars to help plan for the future.
Financial decision making for people with disability
Public trustees and guardians can be appointed to make financial decisions for people that have a decision-making disability.
- Find out how a public guardian in the ACT can help with financial decision making
- Find out how a Public Guardian in New South Wales can help with financial decision making
- Find out how a public guardian in the Northern Territory can help with financial decision making
- Find out how a public guardian in Queensland can help with financial decision making
- Find out how an administrator can help with financial decision making
- Find out how a public guardian in Tasmania can help with financial decision making
- Find out how a public guardian in Victoria can help with financial decision making
- Find out how a public guardian in Western Australia can help with financial decision making
Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card
If you have been a carer in the past, you may be able to get this card. It allows you to pay less for medicines and has other concessions. It is for people who are aged between 16 and 25 years, are full-time students and were receiving a Carer Allowance Health Care Card when they turned 16.
Energy supplement
If you get a payment from the government (eg a Disability Support Pension), you might also get the Energy Supplement. This helps with energy costs (eg your electricity and gas bills).
Australian Thalidomide Survivors Support Program (the Program)
If you are a thalidomide survivor registered with the Program, the Thalidomide Support Service can help you with accessing support under the Program, including claiming from the Extraordinary Assistance Fund (EAF) and the Health Care Assistance Fund (HCAF). The Thalidomide Support Service can also help survivors to register and receive support from the NDIS and other relevant services and schemes.
Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
This scheme provides a payment to help with the extra study costs for your children. You might be able to get this payment if your children can’t go to a state or public school because they live in an isolated area, have disability or have special health needs.
Brain Injury Australia - Resources and Information
Resources and information to help people with brain injury including personal finance, mental health support, and more.