Most useful information for recently unemployed

Income test for JobSeeker Payment

Your or your partner’s income can reduce how much we pay you.

Severe financial hardship for Crisis Payment

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

1. JobSeeker Payment
2. When you’ll get your first payment

New to JobSeeker Payment

What you need to do to get your first JobSeeker Payment, how much you’ll get and who to contact about mutual obligation requirements.

1. Resources
2. Forms

Verification of medical conditions form (SU684)

Use this form to provide details of your medical conditions. We’ll use this information to conduct an Employment Services Assessment.

1. Top payments
2. JobSeeker Payment

When you’ll get your first JobSeeker Payment

There may be one or more waiting periods that apply before you get your first JobSeeker Payment.

1. Parenting Payment
2. Who can get it

Residence rules for Parenting Payment

To be eligible for Parenting Payment you must meet the residence rules.

Setting up online accounts for Centrelink

To do your business with us, create a myGov account and link it to Centrelink.

1. Asset types
2. Granny flat interest

How we assess granny flat interests

You need to tell us the value of the granny flat interest so we can assess if this affects your payments.

Financial investments

The value of your financial investments counts in the assets test and income test for payments from us.

1. Parenting Payment
2. Who can get it

Income and assets tests for Parenting Payment

The amount of Parenting Payment you can get depends on your income and assets as well as your partner’s, if you have one.