- Social work services
- How we help
Social work services if you’re experiencing violence
If you’re experiencing family and domestic violence, we can help you access certain services.
- Health Care Card
- Who needs to apply
Renewing a Health Care Card
If you’re still eligible to get a health care card, we’ll issue you a new card before the current one ends. You don’t need to do anything.
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.
- 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.
- How to manage your payment
- 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.
Transfer to Age Pension
If you’re Age Pension age and get an eligible payment, you can apply to transfer to Age Pension.
Paying tax on a Centrelink payment
You may have to pay income tax on your taxable Centrelink payments.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- 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.
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.
Centrelink
We have payments and services to support you.