Centrelink Payments for the Bereaved

When someone we love dies, it’s not only grief that we have to deal with but a myriad of other issues such as the deceased’s estate and sometimes quite complex financial issues as well.

In this podcast, Michael Lynch says that a “death of a next of kin is often intensified by such considerations as what to do, who to notify…and then there are those financial anxieties.”

However many of those financial worries can be overcome by bereavement payments made available by the Australian Governments Department of Social Services.

There are different types of bereavement assistance depending on your situation and the situation of the person who died such as:

• Bereavement payment for partners

• ABSTUDY Living Allowance

• Farm Household Allowance

• JobSeeker Payment or Youth Allowance

• Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment

• Carer Allowance

• Carer Payment

• Payments are owing to the customer’s estate

For more information about the types of Centrelink payments available to the bereaved click the audio link above to listen now or contact Centrelink

www.servicesaustralia.gov.au