Most useful information for managing your money

1. When you get lump sum compensation
2. Preclusion periods

How preclusion periods affect a Low Income Health Care Card for Centrelink compensation recovery

You could get a Low Income Health Care Card during your preclusion period.

1. Managing your money
2. Manage your money

How to budget

Find out how to review or make your budget. Knowing how much money comes in and where it goes helps you be in control of your money.

1. Top payments
2. Centrelink Compensation Recovery

When to use the Centrelink compensation estimator

You can use the compensation estimator to help you understand how a preclusion period and charge amount may affect you.

Using your BasicsCard and where to use it

You can use your BasicsCard in person at approved stores and businesses across Australia.

1. Active scams
2. Centrelink scams

Centrelink impersonation email scams

You might get an email claiming to be from Centrelink about urgently updating your details.

1. Managing your money
2. Scams and identity theft

Protecting your personal information after a data breach

There are ways to protect yourself from fraud and identity theft if your information is exposed in a data breach.

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

How you can protect your personal information after a data breach

Make sure your myGov, Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support accounts are protected if you’re affected by a data breach.

1. Top payments
2. Centrepay

What Centrepay is

Centrepay is a voluntary service which is free for Centrelink customers. You can use Centrepay to arrange regular deductions from your Centrelink payment.

1. Managing your money
2. Scams and identity theft

Active scams

We share information about active scams that target our customers.

1. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov text message link scams

If you get a text message from myGov with a link to click on, it‘s a scam.