Public holiday reporting and payment dates

Your reporting dates may change when we close for national public holidays.

Office and call centre closures

Our service centres and most call centres will close over the Easter and Anzac Day public holidays:

  • Good Friday 7 April 2023
  • Easter Monday 10 April 2023
  • Anzac Day 25 April 2023.

This means you’ll need to do your business with us online or by phone self service during these times.

Self service

You can use your Centrelink online account through myGov to do any of the following:

You can also use our Express Plus mobile apps and phone self service.

You can still report your income to us, even when we’re closed. However, if you do this on a public holiday we’ll pay you after the public holiday.

You can view your reporting dates 12 weeks in advance online. You can do this in your Centrelink online account through myGov or the Express Plus Centrelink mobile app.

If you don’t have one, you can create a myGov account. You can still report your income to us, even when we’re closed.

Read more about self service.

Reporting and payment dates if you need to report

The dates you need to report to us have changed due to the public holidays.

If you report early during your assessment period you’ll need to include what you expect to be paid for your full period. You must also do this for any other changes that may affect your payment. If you make a mistake, you can correct your report within 14 days, or when you next report.

If you report after your assessment period, we’ll pay you after you report to us. You may want to do this so you can be sure of your employment income or changes to your circumstances.

To report you can use any of the following:

You must report when you’re due, so we can pay you.

Reporting table for allowances

Reporting table for people who get any of the following allowances:

This table is also for people who get any of the following:

Easter reporting and payment dates

Date report normally due Date you can report Revised payment date Next payment date
Tuesday 4 April 2023 Monday 3 April 2023 Tuesday 4 April 2023 Wednesday 19 April 2023
Wednesday 5 April 2023 Tuesday 4 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023
Thursday 6 April 2023 Tuesday 4 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023
Friday 7 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023
Monday 10 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Monday 11 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023

Anzac Day reporting and payment dates

Date report normally due Date you can report Revised payment date Next payment date
Thursday 20 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023 Friday 5 May 2023
Friday 21 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023 Monday 8 May 2023
Monday 24 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Tuesday 9 May 2023
Tuesday 25 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Wednesday 26 April 2023 Wednesday 10 May 2023

Reporting table for pensions

Reporting table for people who get any of the following pensions:

This table is also for people who get any of the following:

Easter reporting and payment dates

Date report normally due Date you can report Revised payment date Next payment date
Tuesday 4 April 2023 Monday 3 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023
Wednesday 5 April 2023 Tuesday 4 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023
Thursday 6 April 2023 Tuesday 4 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023
Friday 7 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Tuesday 11 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023
Monday 10 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Wednesday 12 April 2023 Wednesday 26 April 2023

Anzac Day reporting and payment dates

Date report normally due Date you can report Revised payment date Next payment date
Thursday 20 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Monday 8 May 2023
Friday 21 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Tuesday 9 May 2023
Monday 24 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023 Wednesday 26 April 2023 Wednesday 10 May 2023
Tuesday 25 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Thursday 27 April 2023 Thursday 11 May 2023

Payment dates if you don’t need to report

If you don’t need to report employment income, we’ll pay you early.

We won’t delay payments because of a public holiday, but we may pay you earlier than normal. An early payment is your normal payment, just paid early.

Where we pay an early payment, we pay as close to and before your normal payment day. You’ll need to budget so this payment lasts until your next payment day.

Payment table for allowances

Early and next payment dates for people who get any of the following allowances:

This table is also for people who get any of the following:

Easter payment dates

Normal payment date Revised payment date Next payment date
Wednesday 5 April 2023 Tuesday 4 April 2023 Wednesday 19 April 2023
Thursday 6 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023
Friday 7 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023
Monday 10 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023

Anzac Day payment dates

Normal payment date Revised payment date Next payment date
Thursday 20 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023 Thursday 4 May 2023
Friday 21 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023 Friday 5 May 2023
Monday 24 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023 Monday 8 May 2023
Tuesday 25 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Tuesday 9 May 2023
Wednesday 26 April 2023 Wednesday 26 April 2023 Wednesday 10 May 2023

Payment table for pensions

Early payment dates for people who get any of the following pensions:

This table is also for people who get any of the following:

Easter payment dates

Normal payment date Revised payment date Next payment date
Thursday 6 April 2023 Wednesday 5 April 2023 Thursday 20 April 2023
Friday 7 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Friday 21 April 2023
Monday 10 April 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023

Anzac Day payment dates

Normal payment date Revised payment date Next payment date
Monday 24 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Monday 8 May 2023
Tuesday 25 April 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 Tuesday 9 May 2023
Wednesday 26 April 2023 Wednesday 26 April 2023 Wednesday 10 May 2023
Page last updated: 21 March 2023.