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1. Centrelink self service
2. Centrelink online account

Centrelink online account terms and conditions

These terms and conditions apply to all access and use of Centrelink online account.

1. How much you can get
2. Income and assets tests

Income test for JobSeeker Payment

Your or your partner’s income can reduce how much we pay you.

1. Ageing
2. Caring for elderly

Choosing between Carer Payment and Age Pension

In some situations, you can choose to get Carer Payment or Age Pension.

Centrelink

We have payments and services to support you.

Most useful information for Centrelink

The pages voted most useful by other website visitors.

1. Age Pension
2. How to claim

Supporting documents for Age Pension

When claiming Age Pension, we’ll ask you for some supporting documents to support your claim for Age Pension.

Income

Most types of income count in your income test. We use this and your assets test to assess if you can get a payment, and to calculate your rate of payment.

Personal information releases

You can get personal details we hold about you under our administrative access scheme.

1. Assets test
2. Asset types

Funeral bonds and prepaid funerals

Funeral costs you pay for in advance normally don’t count in your assets test for payments from us. There are some exceptions.

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.