Free Gifting and Lump Sums webinar
Join our live Financial Information Service (FIS) webinar to learn how gifting income and assets or getting a lump sum can affect Centrelink payments.
Update your parents’ income to avoid your payment being suspended
If you get Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY as a dependant, we might send you a letter this month asking for your parents’ income.
You can now book and manage some of your appointments online
Go online to book either a phone appointment, or a face to face appointment at your chosen service centre.
Share your story, stop a scam
It’s Scams Awareness Week. Help protect people against scams by sharing your experiences.
If you get Rent Assistance you need to keep your details up to date
Changes to your circumstances could affect your Rent Assistance payment.
We may need to balance your FTB again if your tax return changes
If your or your partner's tax return has been amended, we may need to balance your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) again.
Student Start-up Loan applications open now
You can borrow $1,273 up to 2 times a year if you’re getting Youth Allowance, Austudy or ABSTUDY Living Allowance payments.
If you owe us money at tax time, we may recover it from your Families payments
The way we recover debts at tax time is different if you get family assistance payments.
Track the progress of your Child Care Subsidy balancing online
We’ll start balancing your Child Care Subsidy (CCS) from mid-August when we get all the information we need from your child care provider.
Tell us where you’re living so we can pay your Tertiary Access Payment
Before we can pay you, you need to let us know where you’ll be living while you study.