I have a permanent disability · Services Australia
Pension for people with a permanent disability that attracts 20 points under the Impairment Tables and prevents working 15 hours a week in the next two years, subject to means tests. Adult rate matches the Age Pension.
$1,200.90 / fortnight
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People 16 to Age Pension age who meet medical, residence and means tests.
DSP is a state pension. TPD and income protection are private contracts with different tests (own occupation, any occupation, waiting period). They are not DSP.
Aged 16 to Age Pension age. Permanently blind, or a severe impairment, unable to work at least 15 hours a week at the minimum wage for the next two years, and unable to be retrained for that work in two years. Programme of support (18 months in the 3 years before claim) unless the impairment is severe. Recipients under 35 with at least 8 hours work capacity must do work-focused activities. May work up to 30 hours a week subject to the means test. Generally payable abroad up to 4 weeks in 12 months (longer if terminal or severe).
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primary · Services Australia
$1,200.90 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Typical total includes Energy Supplement and, where marked, Pharmaceutical Allowance or Youth Disability Supplement. Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$905.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Typical total includes Energy Supplement and, where marked, Pharmaceutical Allowance or Youth Disability Supplement. Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$594.40 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Typical total includes Energy Supplement and, where marked, Pharmaceutical Allowance or Youth Disability Supplement. Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$658.60 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Typical total includes Energy Supplement and, where marked, Pharmaceutical Allowance or Youth Disability Supplement. Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$855.90 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Typical total includes Energy Supplement and, where marked, Pharmaceutical Allowance or Youth Disability Supplement. Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$852.40 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Typical total includes Energy Supplement and, where marked, Pharmaceutical Allowance or Youth Disability Supplement. Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$1,100.30 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$829.40 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$418.90 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$482.40 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$677.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$677.20 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.15, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
$162.60 / fortnight
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.16, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
stale · International Social Security Association
A$1,096.70 / fortnight
From 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
2026 booklet typical total is $1,200.90. Keep 2026.
stale · International Social Security Association
A$826.70 / fortnight
From 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
2026 booklet typical total is $905.20. Keep 2026.
Services Australia. Medical evidence mapped to Impairment Tables — diagnosis alone is not enough.
coreau_ss_methodology.centrelink_indexation
Maximum rates from Services Australia. Pensions and most allowances index on 20 March and 20 September. FTB indexes 1 July. Income and assets tests can pay less than the maximum. Current Compass figures are overlaid from the 1 July–19 September 2026 payments guide (co029-2607). Change this row in Core AU and the Compass follows.
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