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Centrelink Online Services – Benefits & Allowances (continued)
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 | Centrelink – Rent Assistance Rent Assistance gives you extra help if you rent privately. Rent Assistance gives extra help to you if you receive more than the base rate of Family Tax Benefit Part A, and pay a minimum amount of rent to private landlords. You do not need to lodge a separate claim for Rent Assistance. Centrelink will assess your eligibility when you make a claim for another payment. You will need to give Centrelink proof that you pay rent, and complete a Rent Certificate Go to the Centrelink Website… |
| Centrelink – Baby Bonus Baby Bonus helps you with the extra costs of a new baby or adopted child Go to the Centrelink Website… |
| Centrelink – Large Family Supplement Large Family Supplement is an extra payment to assist families with three or more children (You do not need to make a separate claim for Large Family Supplement. It will be paid as part of your Family Tax Benefit) Go to the Centrelink Website… |
| Centrelink – Telephone Allowance Telephone Allowance helps with the costs of a telephone and home internet service. When you claim a Centrelink payment your eligibility for Telephone Allowance is assessed at the same time. If you already receive a qualifying Centrelink payment and you later become a telephone or home internet subscriber, you can test your eligibility for Telephone Allowance by calling Centrelink on your usual payment number or visiting your nearest Centrelink Customer Service Centre. You may be eligible for basic rate Telephone Allowance if you are receiving Parenting Payment (single), or Newstart Allowance and are a single principal carer of a dependent child… Go to the Centrelink Website… |
| Centrelink – Maternity Immunisation Allowance Maternity Immunisation Allowance, a non-income tested payment to encourage parents to immunise their children, has now ended. Important – You may still be eligible to claim up until June 2013 |
| New Carbon Tax payments, bonuses and allowancesFamily Assistance Package |
| Low Income Supplement The Low Income Supplement is a $300 payment for people in low income households, who do not receive sufficient levels of assistance through tax reforms or other Household Assistance Package payments, to help with everyday expenses following the introduction of a carbon price. Read more about the Centrelink Low Income Supplement |
Contact Centrelink
This listing may not be comprehensive – it includes many of the Australian government-funded Centrelink pensions and payments available to separating, divorcing or single mums in financial need. Centrelink payments are added and changed often, so check with the Human Services-Centrelink website for any updates.
You can telephone Centrelink directly at the Family Assistance Office on 13 6150 for the Family Tax Benefit Part A and B, Child Care Benefit, Parenting Payment, Double Orphan Pension, Health Care Cards, Baby Bonus, Maternity Immunisation Allowance, and Jobs, Education and Training (JET) enquiries. (Expect a wait on hold of at least half an hour, possibly extending to over an hour}
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