Most useful information for managing your money

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. 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.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. 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.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. 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.

1. When you get lump sum compensation
2. Preclusion periods

When you’re in financial hardship for Centrelink compensation recovery

There is help available if you’re in financial hardship during your preclusion period.

1. When you get lump sum compensation
2. Preclusion periods

How preclusion periods affect a Low Income Health Care Card for Centrelink compensation recovery

You could get a Low Income Health Care Card during your preclusion period.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. When you get lump sum compensation

Repayments due to lump sum compensation

When you get a compensation lump sum, you may need to repay us a charge for your income support payments.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. When you get periodic compensation

Payments and services it affects for Centrelink compensation recovery

If you or your partner get periodic compensation, it may affect income support payments and services you get from us. It may also affect other payments or cards.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. When you get periodic compensation

How to update your compensation income

If your periodic compensation payment changes, tell us by calling your normal payment line.

1. Centrelink Compensation Recovery
2. When you get periodic compensation

Repayments due to periodic compensation

If you get a back payment of periodic compensation, we may have overpaid you. If so, you’ll need to pay us back.

1. EBT card
2. How to manage your EBT card

Using your digital electronic benefit transfer card

You can use your digital Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card to buy goods and services or get cash out at a point of sale (POS) terminal subject to limits.