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title: "Bereavement Payment when your partner dies, Australia-wide · unclaimd"
description: "A lump sum you may get if your partner dies and you both got a Centrelink payment. A lump sum, usually the couple rate minus your new single rate over 14 weeks. Check the conditions and apply on…"
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# Bereavement Payment when your partner dies

A lump sum you may get if your partner dies and you both got a Centrelink payment.

- Support available: A lump sum, usually the couple rate minus your new single rate over 14 weeks
- Type of support: One-off payment

[Visit official site](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/what-help-there-when-adult-dies)

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## What you need to check

It is for people whose partner died when you both had got an income support payment for at least 12 months, or a pension. Some people on JobSeeker Payment or Youth Allowance can also get it. It is a lump sum. It is usually the total you would have got as a couple, minus your new single rate, worked out over 14 weeks from the day your partner died. You may get more if you were pregnant. Carers can also keep Carer Payment, or get Carer Allowance as a lump sum, for up to 14 weeks after the person they cared for dies.

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## About this source

We last reviewed this listing on 5 Nov 2026. We last checked the official page on 5 Nov 2026.

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## How to apply

Tell Centrelink about the death as soon as you can. They work out what you can get.

[Visit official site](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/what-help-there-when-adult-dies)

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