Asset types
Assets are property or items you or your partner own in full or part, or have an interest in. They can affect your payment.
- Financial Information Service
- What it is
Financial Information Service Officers
Our Financial Information Service Officers can help you plan for your future financial needs.
Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment
How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.
- Crisis Payment
- Crisis Payment for other extreme circumstances
How much Crisis Payment for Other Extreme Circumstances you can get
You can get this Crisis Payment once per incident or extreme circumstance.
Superannuation
Superannuation is a long term savings structure to help fund your retirement.
- Asset types
- Gifting
When gifting exceptions apply
We have some exceptions to how we assess gifting.
- Asset types
- Granny flat interest
How we assess granny flat interests
You need to tell us the value of the granny flat interest so we can assess if this affects your payments.
- Top payments
- Financial Information Service
What the Financial Information Service is
The Financial Information Service helps you make informed decisions about your finances.
Severe financial hardship for Crisis Payment
For the purposes of Crisis Payment, you’re in severe financial hardship if you meet certain criteria.
- Death of a loved one
- Most useful information
Advice of death form (SA116)
Use these forms to advise us of the death of an adult or child. We’ll use these details to update records with Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.