Most useful information

The pages voted most useful by other website visitors.

  1. What changes you need to know or tell us about
  2. Change your circumstances with Centrelink

How to update your name with Centrelink

You can ask us to update your legal name, preferred name or title at any time.

  1. Top payments
  2. Pensioner Concession Card

Who needs to apply for a Pensioner Concession Card

You don’t need to apply for a Pensioner Concession Card. If you are eligible, we’ll post your card to you.

  1. Relationship changes
  2. Making it official

Updating your relationship status

You need to tell us when you become a member of a couple or end a relationship. This is to make sure you get paid correctly.

  1. Top payments
  2. Rent Assistance

Who can get Rent Assistance

You can get Rent Assistance if you get an eligible payment and your eligible rent or accommodation costs are over a certain amount.

  1. Home Equity Access Scheme
  2. How much you can get

Home Equity Access Scheme advance payments

You can choose to get your loan under the Home Equity Access Scheme as a lump sum advance payment.

  1. Youth Allowance
  2. Youth Allowance for job seekers

Who can get Youth Allowance for job seekers

You need to meet some rules to get Youth Allowance as a job seeker.

  1. Centrelink self service
  2. Centrelink online account

How to manage your appointments online

If you’re a Centrelink customer, you can book, reschedule and cancel some of your appointments online.

Most useful information for Centrelink

The pages voted most useful by other website visitors.

  1. Managing your money
  2. Centrelink debts and overpayments

Information about income apportionment

Before December 2020, we commonly used income apportionment to help us work out how much people should have been paid.

  1. Centrelink payment summary
  2. What’s on it

Payments that show on your payment summary

Your Centrelink payment summary shows most taxable and non-taxable payments you got from us in a tax year.

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