Centrelink

A statutory authority providing information and assistance relating to a range of Commonwealth Government programs, including all services formerly provided by the Department of Social Security, as well as childcare and student assistance payments and services, registration of all new applicants for income support and employment assistance, self-help job search facilities, referrals for employment assistance, and specialist labour market assistance services for disadvantaged groups.

Contacting Centrelink

Popular telephone numbers are:

• Appointments: 13 1021
• Report Employment Income: 13 3276
• Self Service: 13 6240
• Customer Relations: FreeCALLT 1800 050 004
• Centrelink Multilingual Call: 13 1202
• TTY: FreeCALLT 1800 810 586
• TTY Customer Relations: FreeCALLT 1800 000 567
• Report a Suspected Fraud: 13 7230
• Debt Recovery: 13 6330
• Indigenous Debt Recovery: FreeCALLT 1800 138 193
• Farm Assistance: FreeCALLT 1800 050 585

Service and Payments

• Employment Services: 13 2850
• Retirement Services: 13 2300
• Disability, Sickness and Carers: 13 2717
• Family Assistance Office: 13 6150
• Youth and Student Services: 13 2490
• ABSTUDY: 13 2317
• TTY ABSTUDY: FreeCALLT 1800 639 109
• Financial Information National Seminar Booking Service: 13 6357
• Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC): 13 2318
• Centrelink's Business Hotline: 13 1158

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