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Publications if you are self-employed or responsible for a farm

Listed below are publications you may find useful.

Main publication

  • Are you a farmer or self-employed? booklet - a guide to your payment and service options if you are a farmer or self-employed.

Booklet

  • A guide to Australian Government payments booklet - Centrelink payment rates booklet.
  • A guide to Centrelink concession cards booklet - provides information on who is eligible for a concession card as well as the range of concessions offered in each State or Territory.
  • Compensation Kit booklet - provides information on compensation and how it affects your payments from Centrelink.
  • Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme statistics booklet - provides information on tonnes, volume and assistance paid on various commodities and numbers of containers shipped.

Brochure

  • Office and home interviews brochure - information about your rights and responsibilities when you participate in an interview with Centrelink.

Factsheets

  • Assets test for homeowners - rural and rural residential areas factsheet - provides information about the Assets Test for homeowners in rural and rural residential areas.
  • Business structures - sole traders/self-employed factsheet - provides information about what a self-employed sole trader is and how it may affect payments from Centrelink.
  • Coping with the social impact of drought factsheet - provides information about how social workers can help you.
  • Drought Assistance for farmers and small businesses factsheet - provides information about the support farmers and small businesses can receive during periods of Exceptional Circumstances, such as severe drought.
  • Exceptional Circumstances Exit Package factsheet - provides detailed information about the Exceptional Circumstances Exit Package.
  • Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment/Prima Facie Interim Income Support factsheet - provides information about income support payments available to eligible farmers in areas that are covered by a full Exceptional Circumstances declaration or a Prima Facie Exceptional Circumstances declaration.
  • Financial Information Service factsheets - series of factsheets containing information about specific financial matters.
  • Market research and you factsheet - provides information on why, how and when Centrelink undertakes market research.
  • Professional Advice and Planning Grant factsheet - provides detailed information about Centrelink's assistance to farmers in EC declared areas.
  • Remote Area Allowance payment rates factsheet - a summary of the qualifications, payment rates and income/assets test for Remote Area Allowance.
  • Social Security Treatment of Tasmanian Regional Forestry Agreement (RFA) Private Forest Reserves Program Payments factsheet - provides information about how these payments are treated for social security purposes.
  • Urgent payments factsheet - provides information about how you may receive part of your payment early.
  • Your right to privacy factsheet - provides information about your privacy rights and who may access customer information.

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Forms

  • Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme - guidelines for customers publication - provides information about claiming assistance for the shipment of goods to and from Tasmania.

Other publications

  • Centrelink corporate publications - publications containing information about Centrelink.
  • Centrepay publications - provides detailed information about Centrepay.

Publications from other organisations

  • Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs website - provides a range of brochures and factsheets.
  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website - provides information on drought assistance and other topics.

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  • Page last updated: 6 August 2010