Most useful information

Proving your child’s birth or adoption

You need to give us proof of your child’s birth or adoption before we can finalise your claim for Parental Leave Pay or Family Tax Benefit.

1. Essential Medical Equipment Payment
2. Who can get it and how much you can get

Eligible equipment for Essential Medical Equipment Payment

You can only get the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) if you use certain equipment in your home.

1. How to manage your payment
2. Travel outside Australia

When and how to tell us about overseas travel if you get Age Pension

When you get Age Pension, you may need to tell us if you’re leaving Australia.

Setting up online accounts for Centrelink

To do your business with us, create a myGov account and link it to Centrelink.

1. Rent Assistance
2. Who can get it

Proof of rent arrangements for Rent Assistance

If you tell us you’re renting when you claim a payment, we may ask for proof. We use this to check if you can get Rent Assistance.

1. Top payments
2. Age Pension

How to claim Age Pension

Complete the following steps to claim Age Pension.

1. Top payments
2. Age Pension

How to manage your Age Pension payment

Your options and obligations for Age Pension.

1. Top payments
2. Telephone Allowance

How much Telephone Allowance you can get

Whether you get the basic rate or full rate of Telephone Allowance depends on your situation.

1. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov phishing email scams

There are different ways scammers try to trick you, including pretending to be from myGov.

1. Caring for someone
2. Most useful information

Carer Payment and Carer Allowance review of care provided - Caring for a person 16 years or over form (SA010)

Use this form to tell us about the level of care you personally provide for a person 16 years or over.