Most useful information

1. Top payments
2. Age Pension

How to manage your Age Pension payment

Your options and obligations for Age Pension.

Which payments are eligible for transfer to Age Pension

If you get an eligible payment, we’ll invite you to apply to transfer to Age Pension.

1. Contact us
2. Connect with us on social media

Social media in Services Australia

We use social media to communicate with the public and our stakeholders about our payments and services.

1. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov phishing email scams

There are different ways scammers try to trick you, including pretending to be from myGov.

1. Centrelink letters online
2. You need to know

Your mailing address when you get Centrelink letters online

You should make sure your mailing address is up to date, even if you get Centrelink letters online.

1. Crisis Payment
2. Crisis Payment for extreme circumstances family and domestic violence

How much Crisis Payment for Extreme Circumstances Family and Domestic Violence you can get

You can get this Crisis Payment once per incident or circumstance.

Paying tax on a Centrelink payment

You may have to pay income tax on your taxable Centrelink payments.

1. Age Pension
2. How to claim

Supporting documents for Age Pension

When claiming Age Pension, we’ll ask you for some supporting documents to support your claim for Age Pension.

1. Age Pension
2. How to manage your payment

Working while you’re getting Age Pension

If your income goes over the cut off point, we'll pay you $0 for that fortnight. In some situations, we can suspend your Age Pension.

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.