Most useful information

1. Top payments
2. Rent Deduction Scheme

How the Rent Deduction Scheme works

First you’ll need to authorise your rent deduction with your housing authority.

1. Housing
2. Moving house

Support when you leave prison

Learn how to get our payments and services to support you as you leave prison.

1. How much you can get
2. Hours of subsidised child care

Recognised participation for Child Care Subsidy

Recognised participation types for Child Care Subsidy (CCS).

Income maintenance period

This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.

1. Austudy
2. Who can get it

Study loads for Austudy and Youth Allowance

Most people need to study full time to get Austudy or Youth Allowance. To work out if you’re a full time student you need to know your study load.

1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
2. myGov online help guides

myGov help - Link Centrelink to myGov using a linking code

Instructions on how to link Centrelink to your myGov account if you have a linking code.

Residence descriptions

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

Taxable Centrelink payments

If you get a taxable Centrelink payment, you may need to lodge a tax return at the end of the tax year.

1. Assets test
2. Asset types

Real estate assets

Information about how real estate assets affect your payment under the assets test.

1. Status Resolution Support Services payment (SRSS)
2. How to manage your payment

Change of circumstances if you get Status Resolution Support Services payment

You need to tell us as soon as possible if there’s a change to any of the details you gave us. Changes can affect your payment.