Most useful information

1. Top payments
2. Health Care Card

Who can get a Health Care Card

You may get a Health Care Card if you get specific payments or supplements from us. You’ll get it if you’re on the maximum rate of Family Tax Benefit Part A.

1. Ageing
2. Retirement years

Starting your retirement

We can help you apply for payments and services that can support you during retirement.

1. Top payments
2. Austudy

Who can get Austudy

You need to meet certain criteria to get Austudy if you're a student or Australian Apprentice.

1. Prove your identity
2. Proving your identity online

How to prove your identity to Centrelink through myGov

How to prove who you are to Centrelink through myGov using the Centrelink identity verification linking option.

1. Who can get it
2. Non-medical rules

Income and assets tests for Disability Support Pension

The amount of Disability Support Pension (DSP) you can get depends on your assessable income and assets.

1. Top payments
2. Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme

How to claim Assistance for Isolated Children

Complete the following steps to claim Assistance for Isolated Children. Before you start, check if you can get it.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Unreasonable to live at home statement by independent third party form (SY017)

Use this form if you have been nominated by a young person applying for Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY to comment on their family situation.

1. Top payments
2. Centrepay

How to use Centrepay

You can use the Centrepay bill paying service to pay for goods and services from registered businesses. You can set up Centrepay deductions from most Centrelink payments.

1. Prepare to transfer to Age Pension
2. Transfer to Age Pension

How to apply to transfer to Age Pension

If you already get an eligible payment, we’ll invite you to apply to transfer to Age Pension. This will be 13 weeks before you reach Age Pension age.

1. Top payments
2. My Aged Care face-to-face services

How we can help you with My Aged Care face-to-face services

We can help you with information, access and referrals to face-to-face My Aged Care services.