Centrelink debts and overpayments
Information to help you avoid being overpaid or to manage owing money for a Centrelink debt.
How to avoid an overpayment
What you should do to avoid being overpaid your Centrelink payment and what we do to help.
What happens when you’re overpaid by Centrelink
Understand what happens when you’re overpaid and what you need to do if you have a debt.
If you disagree or can’t repay a Centrelink debt
Find out what you can do if you disagree or can’t repay a Centrelink debt.
How to repay money you owe to Centrelink
You can repay money you owe for a Centrelink debt in full or set up a payment arrangement. We may also recover money in other ways.
Compliance program
Our compliance program helps protect Australia’s welfare system. It helps our customers avoid getting a debt or committing fraud.
Information about Robodebt
The Income Compliance Program, known as Robodebt, ended in November 2019. We’ve refunded people who paid money back on robodebts.
Robodebt class action
Information about the robodebt class action, also known as the Income Compliance class action.
Repaying money you owe if you get a payment from us
How you repay money you owe if you get a payment from us.
Repaying money you owe if you no longer get a payment from us
How you repay money you owe if you no longer get a payment from us.