Most useful information for Medicare

Proving your identity online for Centrelink

How to prove who you are to Centrelink online.

Newly arrived resident's waiting period

If you’ve recently arrived as a resident in Australia, you may have to wait to get payments or concession cards.

1. Top payments
2. Child Dental Benefits Schedule

How to claim the Child Dental Benefits Schedule

How to claim dental services covered by the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS).

1. Top payments
2. Child Dental Benefits Schedule

What’s covered by the Child Dental Benefits Schedule

Find out what child dental services we cover and how much we cover.

1. Health Care Card
2. Who can get a card

What the benefits are of a Health Care Card

A Health Care Card entitles you to cheaper prescription medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

1. Top payments
2. Australian Organ Donor Register

How to change your choices on the Australian Organ Donor Register

You can change the donation choices you’ve put in the register at any time.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

1. Top payments
2. Australian Immunisation Register

Help updating your immunisation history statements

Find out how we can help you update your immunisation history statements so that it shows your COVID-19 vaccinations.

1. Natural disaster
2. Most useful information

Crisis and other help

We can help if you’re in severe financial hardship, recovering from a disaster, or need special assistance.

Severe financial hardship for Crisis Payment

For the purposes of Crisis Payment, you’re in severe financial hardship if you meet certain criteria.