Update your employment and income details using your Centrelink online account
You can update your employment and income details using your online account.
Proving your identity over the phone with Centrelink
How to prove who you are over the phone.
New to JobSeeker Payment
What you need to do to get your first JobSeeker Payment, how much you’ll get and who to contact about mutual obligation requirements.
Income tests for Austudy
We use income tests to see if you’re eligible for Austudy and work out how much you’ll get.
Young people living with or without their parents rent type for Rent Assistance
Eligibility for Rent Assistance when you’re a young person paying rent to your parents and living with or without them.
Private trusts and companies
If you’re part of a private trust or company, we need to know your share of the income and assets.
Financial investments
The value of your financial investments counts in the assets test and income test for payments from us.
Ordinary waiting period
You may have to wait for a week before your payment starts. We will let you know when you claim if this applies to you.
Seasonal work preclusion period
This applies if you or your partner finished seasonal, contract or intermittent work within 6 months of submitting your claim.
Overdrawn bank account
You can get help to access your money if you have an overdrawn bank account.