This payment is the same as the maximum rate of JobSeeker Payment or Youth Allowance.
If you have a partner, we may pay the allowance to both of you. You may be able to submit a combined claim.
If you get Farm Household Allowance (FHA) you’ll get all the following:
- a fortnightly payment for up to 4 years in each specific 10 year period
- activity supplements up to a lifetime limit of $10,000 to pay for activities to help improve your financial position
- a Farm Household Case Officer to work with you to help you improve your financial circumstances.
FHA is a taxable Centrelink payment. Read about paying tax on your payment.
Increase to payment rate from 20 September 2023
The FHA rate increased from 20 September 2023.
Base rate increase
Your payment rate increased by $40.
This is in addition to the Consumer Price Indexation (CPI) increase on the same date.
You don’t need to do anything. We’ve applied the increase automatically.
The increase is effective from 20 September 2023. You may get a partial increase in your first payment after this date, and the full increase after that.
You can check your payment rate in your Centrelink online account through myGov.
Higher payment rate for some customers aged 55 and over
From 20 September 2023, some customers aged 55 years and over are eligible for the higher rate of FHA. To be eligible you need to be all of these:
- single
- between 55 and 59 years
- getting FHA
- have been getting an eligible income support payment for 9 or more continuous months.
You’re already on this higher rate of payment if you:
- are between 60 and Age Pension age
- are single
- have been getting an eligible income support payment for 9 or more continuous months.
You don’t need to do anything. The increase is effective from 20 September 2023. You may get a partial increase in your first payment after this date, and the full increase after that.
You can check your payment rate in your Centrelink online account through myGov.
You’ll also get the base rate increase of $40.
This is in addition to the Consumer Price Indexation (CPI) increase on the same date.