- Enhanced Income Management and SmartCard in Victoria
- How it works
Getting a SmartCard for enhanced Income Management in Victoria
You can access your enhanced Income Management account with a SmartCard.
- Income Management and BasicsCard in the Northern Territory
- How it works
Use Income Management and BasicsCard for the School Meals Program in the Northern Territory
You can use your income managed money to pay for a healthy meal at school for your child in most Northern Territory communities.
About Income Management and BasicsCard
Income Management is where we split your Centrelink payment for you before you get it. Some goes to your Income Management account and the rest goes into your normal bank account.
Using your BasicsCard and where to use it
You can use your BasicsCard in person at approved stores and businesses across Australia.
Exclusions from enhanced Income Management
You may get an exclusion from enhanced Income Management if you are a vulnerable young person.
- Centrepay
- What your rights and obligations are
Your rights for Centrepay
As a Centrepay customer, you have rights when dealing with businesses.
- Centrepay
- What your rights and obligations are
Centrepay complaints and feedback
Find out how you can make a complaint or give feedback about Centrepay.
- Centrelink Compensation Recovery
- How compensation affects payments
Your obligation to claim compensation
You must try to claim any compensation you could get. If you don’t, it could affect your Centrelink payments.
- Centrelink Compensation Recovery
- How compensation affects payments
Tell us about compensation
If you or your partner claim, get or stop getting compensation or similar payments, you need to tell us.
- Centrelink Compensation Recovery
- When you get lump sum compensation
Preclusion periods for Centrelink compensation recovery
If you get lump sum compensation, you won’t be able to get income support payments for a certain time. It may also affect other payments or cards you get from us.