Job seekers

Financial help if you’re between 22 and Age Pension age and looking for work. It’s also for when you’re sick or injured and can’t do your usual work or study for a short time.

Financial help if you’re 21 or younger and looking for work, or temporarily unable to work.

The main income support payment while you’re a young child’s main carer. This payment is also for job seekers who are main carers of young children.

Financial help if you’re looking for work. There are also payments if you’re sick or injured and can’t do your usual work or study.

We have help available to support you if you’re looking for a job. You may also get help from other places. What you can get depends on your situation.

If you’ve lost your job and got a redundancy or termination payment, you may be able to get help.

You may get a payment from us if you or your family are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).

There’s a temporary pause to mutual obligation requirements in some regional areas of NSW until the start of October 2021.

We want to make it easier for you to find what you need on our website. To do this, we’re trialling a version of our site with a new structure and design.

There is a temporary pause to your mutual obligation requirements until Tuesday 5 October 2021.

You may be able to get COVID-19 Disaster Payment if you’ve been impacted by the shut down in September 2021.

We have a range of roles available. Some have an immediate start. Apply now to our Temporary Employment Register.

We support people affected by family and domestic violence by providing information, resources and referrals.