Most useful information for working

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

Financial Improvement Agreement for Farm Household Allowance

If you get Farm Household Allowance, you need to enter into a Financial Improvement Agreement.

1. Income
2. Income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

If you’re Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or both and you get money for cultural work or services

If you’re Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or both and you or your partner get money for cultural work or services, you need to let us know so you don’t get a debt.

1. Income
2. Income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Special types of income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

If you’re Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or both and you or your partner get special types of income, you need to let us know so you don’t get a debt.

1. Who gets it
2. Youth or long term payments

Exemptions from Income Management and BasicsCard in the Northern Territory

Read about who can get an exemption from Income Management in the Northern Territory.

Military invalidity pensions as an income stream

We assess military invalidity pension payments as income streams.

1. If you’re employed
2. What to report

Nil rate payment period when you get a Centrelink payment

The nil rate payment period helps you stay on your payment even if your income is over the cut-off point for your payment.

How to meet your mutual obligation requirements

Find out how to meet your mutual obligation requirements so you can keep getting your payment.

1. Mutual obligation requirements
2. How to meet your mutual obligation requirements

Unsuitable paid work

Find out about what work would be unsuitable when you’re seeking to meet your mutual obligation requirements.

1. Mutual obligation requirements
2. When your circumstances change

Exemptions if you’re a principal carer and sick, injured or have a partial capacity to work

If you’re sick, injured or have a partial capacity to work this may affect your mutual obligation requirements.

1. Mutual obligation requirements
2. If you’re a principal carer

What mutual obligation requirement exemptions may apply for principal carers

We can grant principal carers temporary exemptions from their mutual obligation requirements in some situations.