- Top payments
- Financial Information Service
What the Financial Information Service is
The Financial Information Service helps you make informed decisions about your finances.
- Rent Assistance
- What you need to do
Change of circumstances when you get Rent Assistance
We need to know about changes that could affect or stop your Rent Assistance.
- Relationship changes
- Most useful information
Relationship details - Separated under one roof form (SS293)
Use this form if you’re separated but live under the same roof as your ex-partner. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.
- Seeking medical help
- Get health care
Concession and health care cards
Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.
- Crisis Payment
- Crisis Payment for release from prison or psychiatric confinement
How much Crisis Payment for Release from Prison or Psychiatric Confinement you can get
You can get a Crisis Payment for release from prison or psychiatric confinement each time you’re released.
- Managing your money
- Most useful information
Income support payment
An income support payment is a regular payment that helps you with living costs.
- Top payments
- Rent Assistance
Who can get Rent Assistance
You can get Rent Assistance if you get an eligible payment and your eligible rent or accommodation costs are over a certain amount.
Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment
How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.
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.
- Separated parents
- Most useful information
Responding to an Objection form (CS4243)
Use this form if we have previously notified you that the other parent or carer in your child support case has submitted an objection to a decision.