Top payments

1. Living with disability
2. Top payments

Telephone Allowance

A quarterly payment to help with phone and internet costs if you get certain payments from us.

1. Housing
2. Top payments

Farm Household Allowance

A payment for farming families in financial hardship.

1. Higher education
2. Top payments

Fares Allowance

Helps with travel costs between your permanent home and your place of tertiary study in Australia.

1. Going overseas
2. Top payments

International Services

We can help you get Australian social security payments while you’re overseas. We can also help you claim a pension from another country.

1. Managing your money
2. Top payments

Centrelink Compensation Recovery

Compensation is a lump sum payment or periodic payment you may get. It can affect your income support payments from us.

1. Looking for work
2. Top payments

Newstart Allowance

Newstart Allowance stopped on 20 March 2020. JobSeeker Payment is the main income support payment if you’re between 22 and Age Pension age.

1. Caring for someone
2. Top payments

Carer Adjustment Payment

A one-off payment to support families in financial hardship after a catastrophic event affecting a child younger than 7.

1. Looking for work
2. Top payments

Sickness Allowance

You can no longer claim Sickness Allowance. But you may be able to claim another income support payment.

1. Working
2. Top payments

Income Bank

Helps you keep more of your Youth Allowance, Austudy or ABSTUDY payment if you’re a student or an Australian Apprentice receiving an income.

1. Getting aged care services
2. Top payments

Special Disability Trusts

A way for families to plan for the long term care and accommodation needs of someone with a severe disability.