Most useful information for Recently unemployed

Cancelling your payment online

You may be able to cancel your own payment online. This means you don’t need to visit a service centre or call us.

1. Top payments
2. Rent Assistance

Who can get Rent Assistance

You can get Rent Assistance if you get certain payments from us and pay rent.

Explanation or formal review of a decision form (SS351)

Use this form to ask for an explanation or formal review of a decision.

1. Disability Support Pension
2. How we assess your claim

Assessing your ability to work for Disability Support Pension

We assess your ability to work as part of general medical rules for Disability Support Pension (DSP).

1. Higher education
2. Most useful information

Parents(s)/Guardian(s) additional details for Youth Allowance, Special Benefit or ABSTUDY customers form (A2115)

Use this form to provide parental income if you’re the parent or guardian of someone claiming Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY.

1. Top payments
2. Parenting Payment

How to manage your Parenting Payment

Your options for Parenting Payment.

1. Assets test
2. Asset types

Funeral bonds and prepaid funerals

Funeral costs you pay for in advance normally don’t count in your assets test for payments from us. There are some exceptions.

1. Parenting Payment
2. Who can get it

Waiting periods for Parenting Payment

You may have to wait before your Parenting Payment starts.

1. Prepare to transfer to Age Pension
2. Transfer to Age Pension

How to apply to transfer to Age Pension

If you already get an eligible payment, we’ll invite you to apply to transfer to Age Pension. This will be 13 weeks before you reach Age Pension age.

1. Youth Allowance for job seekers
2. How much you can get

Dependent or independent for Youth Allowance as a job seeker

If you apply for Youth Allowance as a job seeker, we’ll assess you as being either dependent or independent.