Publications for parents and guardians

Listed below are publications you may find useful.

Main publications

• Are you a parent or guardian? booklet - a guide to your payment and service options if you are a parent or guardian.
• Family assistance - the what, why and how booklet - information about extra support to help with the cost of raising children, and to help balance work and family needs.

Brochures and booklets

• A guide to Centrelink concession cards booklet - information on who is eligible for a concession card as well as the range of concessions offered in each State or Territory.
• Are you a grandparent or relative caring for children? brochure - information about the Centrelink assistance and Medicare benefits you may receive if you are a grandparent or relative carer wiht day-to-day care and responsibility for a child or children.
• Assistance for Isolated Children brochure - information on the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme.
• Centrelink office and home interviews brochure - information about your rights and responsibilities when you participate in an interview with Centrelink.
• Centrelink - the basics booklet - information on the many Centrelink services available to customers.

Factsheets

• Australia's International Social Security Agreement factsheets - information on agreements with individual countries for social security coverage.
• Baby Bonus and Maternity Immunisation Allowance for adoptive parents factsheet - information about Baby Bonus and Maternity Immunisation Allowance for parents of adoptive children.
• Child Care Rebate factsheet - information on additional help for families with the cost of approved child care.
• Claiming family assistance online factsheet - information for customers using online services to claim for family assistance.
• Claiming a foreign pension factsheet - information on how Centrelink can help you claim a foreign pension.
• Crisis Payment for people in extreme circumstances factsheet - 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.
• Family Assistance Office guide to payments factsheet - a guide to family assistance payments.
• Financial Information Services publications - a series of publlications containing information about specific financial matters.
• Market research and you factsheet - details on why, how and when Centrelink undertakes market research.
• Parenting Payment rates factsheet - a summary of the qualifications, payment rates and income/assets test for Parenting Payment and Double Orphan Pension.
• Rent Assistance publications - information on Rent Assistance available for customers in the private rental market.
• Social Security Treatment of Tasmanian RFA Private Forest Reserves Program Payments factsheet - information about how these payments are treated for social security purposes.
• Things you need to know about child care factsheet - information about Child Care Benefit.
• Urgent Payments factsheet - information about how you may receive part of your payment early.
• Do you receive Carer Allowance for a child about to turn 16? factsheet - information on what happens to your Carer Allowance when a child that you are caring for turns 16.
• What you should know if you've overdrawn your account factsheet - information about how much of your payment from Centrelink can be used if your account is overdrawn.
• Your right to privacy factsheet - information about your privacy rights and who may access customer information.

Translated publications

• We speak your language section of this website for publications in other languages.
• Family Assistance Office Multilingual Services web page for information in a range of languages.

Other publications

• A guide to Australian Government payments booklet - Centrelink payment rates booklet.
• Centrelink corporate publications - publications containing information about Centrelink.
• Centrepay publications - provides detailed information about Centrepay to manage your bills.
• Compensation kit booklet - information for solicitors on compensation matters.

Publications from other organisations

• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - publications and articles for families.
• Family Assistance Office publications - families assistance and child care publications.
• Family Court of Australia forms - forms to apply for family law matters with the Family Law Courts.
• New South Wales Department of Human Services - publications for parents, carers and families.

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