Centrelink online account help - Manage your income and assets details
Instructions to update your income and assets details using your Centrelink online account.
How to get Energy Supplement
You don't need to apply for Energy Supplement. We’ll include it with your regular payment.
What happens when you give us a medical certificate for JobSeeker Payment
We use your medical certificate to work out if you need an exemption from your mutual obligation requirements for a certain time. This is so you can keep getting JobSeeker Payment.
Getting a medical certificate for JobSeeker Payment
Tell us if you can’t work or study for a short time due to a sickness or injury. You’ll also need to give us a medical certificate.
Relationship details form (SS284)
Use this form to provide us details of your living arrangements. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.
FIS selling the family home video
Watch this video to learn more about how selling the family home can affect your payment.
Sole trader or partnership income
Business income is counted in the income test.
Verification of voluntary work form (SU462)
Job seekers and voluntary work organisations can use this form.
Residence descriptions
You usually need to be an Australian resident or hold a specific visa type to get a Centrelink payment or concession card.
Income
Most types of income count in your income test. We use this and your assets test to assess if you can get a payment, and to calculate your rate of payment.