Most useful information

1. Moving to Australia
2. Refugees and asylum seekers

Payment for refugees and asylum seekers

Depending on your situation, there are payments and services you may get.

How we test partner income for ABSTUDY Living Allowance and School Fees Allowance higher rate

If you’re independent and you have a partner, we’ll assess their gross income. This is the income they get before any deduction, like tax.

Balancing your family assistance payments

After the financial year ends, we balance your payments to make sure you got the right amount.

1. What FIS information you can watch online
2. Job seekers

Centrelink payments FIS video

Watch this video about how a redundancy affects your Centrelink payment.

Paying tax on a Centrelink payment

You may have to pay income tax on your taxable Centrelink payments.

1. Medical rules
2. General medical rules

Diagnosed, reasonably treated and stabilised for Disability Support Pension

Your medical condition must be diagnosed, reasonably treated and stabilised to meet the Disability Support Pension (DSP) general medical rules.

1. Family and domestic violence
2. Where to get help

How we can help you with family and domestic violence concerns

We can help you access our payments and connect you to other support services.

Acting for someone with Centrelink or aged care

Someone may ask you to act for them to help with their Centrelink or aged care payments and services.

1. Centrelink self service
2. Centrelink online account

Payments you can claim with Centrelink online account

You can claim most payments online.

1. Work Bonus
2. How it works

Work Bonus if you work

If you work, we’ll apply your Work Bonus balance to offset your Work Bonus eligible income. We’ll do this before we apply the income test.