- Rent Assistance
- Who can get it
Rent and accommodation types for Rent Assistance
The type of accommodation you live in and pay rent or accommodation costs for can affect your eligibility for Rent Assistance.
Employment Services Assessments
Employment Services Assessments (ESAts) help us understand the impact of your barriers to work including disability, illness or injury.
- What changes you need to know or tell us about
- Change your circumstances with Centrelink
Updating your bank account balances and details with Centrelink
If you get a payment from us, you must tell us when there are changes to your bank account balances.
- Age Pension
- How much you can get
Income and assets from outside Australia can affect your Age Pension
If you or your partner get income from, or have assets outside Australia, this could affect your Age Pension.
- Ageing
- Getting aged care services
Thinking about getting aged care services
If you’re thinking about getting some help around the house or entering an aged care home, there are services and support that can help.
Deeming
Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.
- 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.
- 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.
- Employment income reporting
- If you’re employed
How to report your income to Centrelink
You can report your employment income in different ways.
- What changes you need to know or tell us about
- Customer service changes
Public holiday reporting and payment dates
Your reporting and payment dates may change when we close for national public holidays. We may pay you early.