Most useful information

1. Raising kids
2. Having a baby

When your baby arrives

Use your Parent Pack to help finalise your pre-birth claim, make a new claim and enrol your baby in Medicare.

1. Top payments
2. Disability Support Pension

When you’ll get your first Disability Support Pension payment

There may be one or more waiting periods that apply before you get your first Disability Support Pension payment.

1. What FIS information you can watch online
2. Lump sums

FIS inheritance video

Watch this video to learn about how FIS can help you if you get an inheritance.

How to get reminders to report income to Centrelink

If you have to report your income each fortnight, we’ll send you an SMS reminder on the day your report is due.

Limited program schools in Queensland for ABSTUDY and Youth Allowance

Information about Limited program schools in Queensland for ABSTUDY and Youth Allowance.

1. Top payments
2. Aged care calculation of your cost of care

How to apply for an aged care calculation of your cost of care

Follow the steps to apply for an aged care calculation of your cost of care.

1. Disability Support Pension
2. How to claim

Supporting documents for Disability Support Pension

We’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim for Disability Support Pension.

1. How much you can get
2. Income and assets tests

What the parental means test is for Youth Allowance students and Australian Apprentices

We assess your parents’ or guardians’ income when you claim Youth Allowance as a dependent student or Australian Apprentice.

1. Top payments
2. ABSTUDY

ABSTUDY for children living away from home to go to school

There’s ABSTUDY support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who need to live away from home for school.

1. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov text message link scams

If you get a text message from myGov with a link to click on, it‘s a scam.