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  2. Centrelink online account help guides

Centrelink online account help - Update address, accommodation and contact details

Instructions on how to update your address, accommodation and contact details using your Centrelink online account.

  1. Top payments
  2. Rent Assistance

How much Rent Assistance you can get

The amount of Rent Assistance you can get depends on how much rent you pay.

  1. Housing
  2. Moving house

Accommodation and renting

Find out what help you can get from us when you’re renting.

  1. Report your income
  2. Employment income reporting

How to report your income to Centrelink

You can report your employment income in different ways.

  1. Rent Assistance
  2. How to manage your payment

Change of circumstances when you get Rent Assistance

We need to know about changes that could affect or stop your Rent Assistance.

  1. Employment income reporting
  2. What to report

Income from self employment

If you’re self employed you need to tell us about your business income. This is so we can pay you the right amount. You also need to tell us if this changes.

Employment income reporting

We need to know the gross employment income you and your partner get so we can pay you the right amount.

  1. Housing
  2. Moving house

Changing your address if you’re moving house

Learn about what you need to tell us when you move house and how it can affect your payments.

  1. Top payments
  2. Mobile service centres

When and where to find mobile service centres

Our mobile service centres (MSCs) travel around Australia, stopping to provide services in rural and regional communities.

Advance payment

You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.

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Page last updated: 10 December 2021.
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