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Income maintenance period

This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.

Financial investments

The value of your financial investments counts in the assets test and income test for payments from us.

1. Parenting Payment
2. How to manage your payment

Travel outside Australia rules for Parenting Payment

There are rules about how long you can get Parenting Payment when you travel outside Australia.

1. Parenting Payment
2. What your commitments are

Change of circumstances while getting Parenting Payment

We need to know about changes to your or your partner’s situation. If you don’t tell us when these changes happen, you may get a debt you’ll have to pay back.

1. How to balance your payment
2. Balancing Child Care Subsidy

Understanding your Child Care Subsidy balancing outcome

Once we’ve balanced your Child Care Subsidy (CCS) payments we’ll let you know the outcome in writing.

Granny flat interest

A granny flat interest is an agreement for accommodation for life. It can affect your eligibility or rate of payment and we may include it in your assets test.

1. Parenting Payment
2. Who can get it

Waiting periods for Parenting Payment

You may have to wait before your Parenting Payment starts.

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. What can affect your payment

How your percentage of care affects your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments

As part of a care assessment, we consider how often each parent or non-parent carer, cares for a child. This is the percentage of care.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Australian Organ Donor Register form (NH007DF)

Use this form to register, change, or remove your donation decision on the Australian Organ Donor Register.

When to report your income to Centrelink

If you’re getting an income support payment, we’ll tell you when you need to report any other income you get.