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Advance payment

You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

  1. Rent Assistance
  2. Who can get it

Payment special rules for Rent Assistance eligibility

If you get certain payments, there are special rules for Rent Assistance.

  1. Rent Assistance
  2. Who can get it

Proof of rent arrangements for Rent Assistance

If you tell us you’re renting when you claim a payment, we may ask for proof. We use this to check if you can get Rent Assistance.

  1. Housing
  2. Most useful information

Representative authority form (CS3042)

Use this form to authorise another person or organisation to enquire or act on your behalf about your child support case.

  1. Crisis Payment
  2. Crisis Payment for release from prison or psychiatric confinement

Who can get a Crisis Payment for Release from Prison or Psychiatric Confinement

To get this payment after you are released from prison or psychiatric confinement you must meet the eligibility criteria.

  1. Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
  2. What payment you can get and how much

Payment rates of Assistance for Isolated Children

The amount of Assistance for Isolated Children you get depends on the student's living arrangements during the school year and number of eligible children in your family.

  1. Top payments
  2. Agents and Access Points

Agents and Access Points - How we can help

What you can do at Agents and Access Points.

  1. Top payments
  2. Remote Area Allowance

Who can get Remote Area Allowance

There are 2 ways to get Remote Area Allowance.

  1. Housing
  2. Moving house

Moving for work

You may decide to move house to increase your chance of finding a job. There is support available if you move to find a job.

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Page last updated: 10 December 2021.
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