Help with Income Support
Disability Support Pension
What it is: Financial support through a regular payment for people who are unable to work 15 hours or more a week as they have a permanent physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition.
Eligibility: People aged 16 years of age or older who have a permanent and diagnosed disability or medical condition (a medical review is required to assess impairment), and who meet the income and assets tests.
Job Seeker
What it is: Financial support for people who are unemployed and looking for work or who are sick or injured and are unable to work or study.
Eligibility: People aged 22 and older who are unemployed looking for work or who temporarily can’t work or study because of an injury, illness or disability (a medical certificate from your doctor is needed), and who meet the income and assets tests.