Balancing your family assistance payments
After the financial year ends, we balance your payments to make sure you got the right amount.
- JobSeeker Payment
- How much you can get
Income and assets tests for JobSeeker Payment
You must meet the income and assets tests to get JobSeeker Payment.
Your family income estimate for family assistance payments
We use your family income estimate to work out how much family assistance to pay you. This includes Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Subsidy (CCS).
- Top payments
- Health Care Card
Who needs to apply for a Health Care Card
You don’t need to apply for a Health Care Card. If you're eligible, we’ll post your card to you.
- Early release of superannuation
- How to apply
If you need evidence of severe financial hardship for early release of superannuation
To access your super early, you need to meet some requirements. You may need to provide evidence.
- Age Pension
- How to manage your payment
Change of circumstances when you get Age Pension
If you get Age Pension and your circumstances change, you need to tell us. We need to check if you can keep getting it.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- Centrelink online account help guides
Centrelink online account help - Travelling outside of Australia
Instructions on how to tell us about your overseas travel using your Centrelink online account.
- 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.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- myGov online help guides
myGov help - Link Centrelink to myGov using your Digital ID
Instructions on how to link Centrelink to your myGov account with or without a Customer Reference Number (CRN) using your Digital ID.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- myGov online help guides
myGov help - Link Centrelink to myGov if you have a Customer Reference Number
Instructions on how to link Centrelink to your myGov account if you have a Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN).