Centrelink Payments for the Bereaved

By: Michael Lynch - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Monday, January 11, 2016
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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.

For more information about the types of CentreLink payments available to the bereaved click the audio link above to listen now.

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