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  2. Getting a medical certificate

What happens when you give us a medical certificate for Special Benefit

We use your medical certificate to work out if you need an exemption from your mutual obligation requirements for a short time. This is so you can keep getting Special Benefit.

  1. Asset types
  2. 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.

  1. Income test for Farm Household Allowance
  2. Income

Directors fees

Directors fees count towards your income test. They can affect your Centrelink payment.

  1. Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
  2. How to manage your payment

Assistance for Isolated Children annual circumstances review

We review you and your child’s circumstances at the end of each year. We do this to check if you can keep getting Assistance for Isolated Children.

If you need to attend an Employment Services Assessment

What you need to do before your Employment Services Assessment (ESAt).

  1. Employment Services Assessments
  2. If you need to attend an assessment

What happens during and after the Employment Services Assessment

During your Employment Services Assessment (ESAt), we’ll talk with you about your barriers to work including your disability, illness or injury.

  1. How to manage your payment
  2. Travel outside Australia

When and how to tell us about overseas travel if you get Assistance for Isolated Children

When you get Assistance for Isolated Children, you may need to tell us if you or the student are leaving Australia.

  1. Tertiary Access Payment
  2. What you need to do after you claim

Confirm your study details when getting Tertiary Access Payment

After you claim the Tertiary Access Payment you might need to confirm your study details. You need to be studying when you do this, so we can pay you.

  1. Tertiary Access Payment
  2. What you need to do after you claim

Changes to your circumstances you need to tell us when you get Tertiary Access Payment

What changes to your circumstances you need to tell us about for your Tertiary Access Payment claim.

  1. Farm Household Allowance
  2. How to manage your payment

Farm Household Allowance Reviews

We review your Farm Household Allowance to make sure you’re still eligible, and check that we’ve paid you the right amount.

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