Top payments for growing up

1. Seeking medical help
2. Get health care

Concession and health care cards

Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.

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

Healthy Start for School health check

If your child is turning 4, they may need to have a health check. If they don’t, your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A rate may reduce.

Residence descriptions

You usually need to be an Australian resident or hold a specific visa type to get a Centrelink payment or concession card.

1. Parenting Payment
2. Who can get it

Principal carer rules for Parenting Payment

To get Parenting Payment you must be the main carer of a young child or children.

1. Top payments
2. Parenting Payment

How to claim Parenting Payment

Complete the following steps to claim Parenting Payment.

1. Child Care Subsidy
2. How much you can get

Your number of children in care can affect your higher Child Care Subsidy

You may get a higher Child Care Subsidy if you have more than one child aged 5 or younger in care.

1. Relationship changes
2. Most useful information

Partner details - if you live in Australia form (MOD P)

Use this form to give us information about your partner if you are claiming or receiving a payment or concession card.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

1. Growing up
2. Top payments

Additional Child Care Subsidy

If you’re eligible for Child Care Subsidy you may get extra help with the cost of approved child care.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Request for Medicare claims information form (MS031)

Use this form to request Medicare claims information for individuals and families.