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Income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

If you or your partner earn an income or someone gives you money from any source, you need to let us know.

  1. Centrepay
  2. How to manage it

Changes to your Centrelink payments can affect your Centrepay deductions

If your Centrelink payment changes it may affect your Centrepay deductions.

  1. Scams and identity theft
  2. Avoid and report scams

Report a Services Australia or myGov scam

You can report scams impersonating Services Australia and myGov, including Centrelink, Medicare or Child Support.

Privacy Notice for Automated Income Stream Reviews

Each year we review certain types of income streams using data matching.

  1. Your representatives
  2. Someone to act for you

Medicare representative to act for you

You can ask someone to be your Medicare representative.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Centrelink online account help guides

Centrelink online account help - Advise non-lodgement of tax return

Instructions on how to tell us that you or your partner don’t need to lodge a tax return for the previous financial year using your Centrelink online account.

  1. Scams and identity theft
  2. Protecting your personal information after a data breach

How Services Australia protects your personal information after a data breach

Find out what we’ll do to protect your myGov, Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support accounts when a data breach happens.

  1. Top payments
  2. Centrepay

How to use Centrepay

You can use the Centrepay bill paying service to pay for goods and services from registered businesses. You can set up Centrepay deductions from most Centrelink payments.

  1. Active scams
  2. Centrelink scams

Fake information about Centrelink payments

There are unofficial websites and social media accounts online sharing fake information about Centrelink payments that aren’t real or no longer available.

  1. Work
  2. Managing your money

Scams and identity theft

Protect yourself against scams. Learn what to do if you’re the victim of a scam or identity theft, including if your details are exposed in a data breach.

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