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.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- Centrelink online account help guides
Centrelink online account help - Add a nominee
Instructions on how to add a nominee using your Centrelink online account.
- Social work services
- How to contact a social worker
Privacy using social work services
We respect your right to privacy.
- Ageing
- Getting aged care services
Understanding aged care costs to get aged care services
If you’ve started your journey with My Aged Care, we can tell you how much you can expect to contribute towards your aged care costs.
- How to choose and share your days
- Sharing your payment
Giving approval to share Parental Leave Pay
You need to give approval if you are sharing Parental Leave Pay. You’ll also need to discuss how many days each parent will take.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- Centrelink online account help guides
Centrelink online account help - Transfer to Age Pension online
Instructions on how to apply to transfer to Age Pension using your Centrelink online account.
- Top payments
- Parenting Payment
Who can get Parenting Payment
You must meet certain criteria to get Parenting Payment.
- Living arrangements
- Moving to Australia
Visiting Australia
Read about visiting Australia to work or study and payments or services that may help you.
- Living arrangements
- Family and domestic violence
Where to get help for domestic violence
Get help accessing our payments and connecting to local support services like legal and housing support.
- If you need to attend an assessment
- What happens during and after the assessment
If you have a reduced capacity to work
If you have a medical condition that affects your ability to work, you’ll need to tell us. You may have a reduced capacity to work but we’ll need to assess this.