Eligibility for Single Pensioner Bereavement Payment

Who is eligible?

Pensioners eligible for a Single Pensioner Bereavement Payment are those who were:

• single when they died, or
• a member of a couple when they died, but their partner was not receiving service pension, income support supplement or a Centrelink pension or  Centrelink benefit.

Note: Prior to 1 January 2022, some partners, with a nil rate of social security payment, may still have been considered recipients of a social security payment due to the impact of DFISA. In this circumstance, their surviving partner may have been eligible for a partnered pensioner bereavement payment. DFISA ceased 1 January 2022.