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Centrelink

Services Australia delivers Centrelink payments and services.

Vision and mission

Centrelink delivers social security payments and services to Australians at times of major change.

How Centrelink can help

Centrelink delivers payments for all of the following:

  • older Australians
  • job seekers
  • students and trainees
  • families
  • carers
  • parents
  • people with disability
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
  • visitors, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who are living in Australia
  • people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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Last reviewed: November 2024

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When your baby arrives - Having a baby - Services Australia

Use your Parent Pack to help finalise your pre-birth claim, make a new claim and enrol your baby in Medicare.

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Having a baby - Services Australia

Payments and services to help when you have a baby. How to enrol your baby in Medicare. How returning to work and your child's immunisations affect your payments.

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Concession and health care cards - Seeking medical help - Services Australia

Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.

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Teenage years - Growing up - Services Australia

Find out how payments and services for you or your child change as they get older.

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How much Parenting Payment you can get - Parenting Payment - Services Australia

How much Parenting Payment you can get depends on your and your partner’s circumstances.

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Starting primary school - School - Services Australia

Learn about payments and services that can support you when your child starts primary school.

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Early education - Growing up - Services Australia

Find out about early childhood education and child care options. This can help you choose the right service and get support for your family.

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Recently unemployed - Services Australia

Support if you’ve recently lost your job, had to stop work or can’t work while you’re sick or injured. Help with short-term payments and long-term planning.

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Taking time off work if you’re caring for a child or adult - Caring for someone - Services Australia

You may need to take time off work to care for someone. We have payments and services to help you.

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Retirement years - Services Australia

Help and payments for when you retire. Information about planning for retirement. What to do if you decide to keep working past Age Pension age.

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