Resources/Information

Calculators

• Launch the rate estimator
  Tools to estimate or compare payments clients might receive based on their circumstances.

Centrepay

• Centrepay
  A free and voluntary service to pay bills and expenses as regular deductions from a clients’ Centrelink payments

Compensation and Preclusion Periods

Debt/Penalties/Hardship

• Centrelink Debts
  Rights and information if clients have a Centrelink debt.
• Appealing Decisions
  Centrelink information from the Welfare Rights website
• The Crisis Payment for People in extreme circumstances
  Provides information about eligibility and payment details of Crisis Payment for people who, due to extreme circumstances, are forced to leave their home and establish a new one.

Disability/Mental Health

• Carer Adjustment Payment
  Carer Adjustment Payment is a one-off, non-taxable payment to assist families to adjust following a catastrophic event where a child aged 0-6 years is diagnosed with a severe illness, medical condition or a major disability.

General Payment/Concession Information

• Newstart Allowance
  Factsheet providing a summary of the qualifications, payment rates and income/assets test for Newstart Allowance.
• A Guide to Concession Cards
  This booklet is a guide to the concession cards that are available from Centrelink.
• A guide to Australian Government payments booklet
  A publication that provides payment rate information for Centrelink payments.

Illness/Death/Redundancy/Compensation

• Bereavement Allowance
  Fact sheet providing a summary of the qualifications, income and assets tests and payment rates for Bereavement Allowance.
• Needing help after someone has died?
  Provides information about payments and services you may be able to get if you need help after someone has died.
• What to do following a death
  Payment, counselling and other services to help people adjust after someone close to them has died. 
  
• Carer Adjustment Payment
  A one-off, non-taxable payment to assist families to adjust following a catastrophic event where a child aged 0-6 years is diagnosed with a severe illness, medical condition or a major disability – Carer Adjustment Payment.
• Compensation and Damages Form (MOD C)
  Information about compensation you are receiving, are about to receive, or have already received.

Prison

• Claim for Crisis Payment Prison Release and Anticipated Payment
  This form is used to claim Crisis Payment Prison Release and it is a one-off payment to assist those in financial hardship.

Relationships

• Information Booklet about your claim for Family Assistance
  The main family assistance payments and benefits are: Family Tax Benefit Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate. The main family assistance payments and benefits are listed below: Family Tax Benefit Part A Family Tax Benefit Part B Child Care.
• Family Tax Benefit Part A and Part B
  Information about Family Tax Benefits A and B.