Most useful information for managing your money

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. Avoid and report scams

How scams work

A scam is a trick to steal your money or personal information. Scams target everyone and anyone can become a victim.

Income Management and BasicsCard balance limit

You can control how much of your Income Management money goes on a BasicsCard.

1. Centrelink debts and overpayments
2. Reviews for compliance program

Bank interest income reviews for the compliance program

We check your bank account information is up to date. We do this to check we paid you the right payment and amount in the past.

1. Top payments
2. Centrepay

Centrepay is changing

We’re updating Centrepay so it works better for you. You can use Centrepay to pay for goods and services from approved businesses.

1. Managing your money
2. Centrelink debts and overpayments

What happens if you've overpaid a Centrelink debt

If you overpay your Centrelink debt we’ll refund the money to you or apply it to another debt.

1. Early release of superannuation
2. Who can access their superannuation early

Financial impact

Getting your super early may affect other payments you get or tax you pay. You may also need to pay a fee to your super fund.

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. 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. Active scams
2. myGov scams

myGov phishing email scams

There are different ways scammers try to trick you, including pretending to be from myGov.