Publications A to Z

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• A guide to Centrelink concession cards Booklet - a guide to the concession cards that are available from Centrelink.
• A Guide to Ethnic Naming Practices Book - provides information on the naming practices of people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
• About to retire or in retirement? - provides information about payments and services you may be able to get if you are about to retire or in retirement.
• ABSTUDY - provides detailed information about what ABSTUDY is and who can get it.
• Access Manager user guide -
• Access to Centrelink payments for New Zealand citizens arriving in Australia - provides information about access to Centrelink payments for New Zealand citizens arriving in Australia.
• Activity test - meet your activity test or participation requirements - provides information about why it's important to meet your activity test or participation requirements.
• Activity test and participation requirements for job seekers Factsheet - provides information about participation failures and serious failures, and what incurring a failure may mean for you.
• Advance Payments - provides information about Advance Payments.
• Agreement (International Social Security) factsheets - provides a list of factsheets which contain detailed information about the individual agreements with each country.
• Annual assessment for Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY - provides detailed information about the annual assessment for Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY.
• Annual Report 2009-10 - this document is Centrelinks' Annual Report for the financial year 2009 to 2010.
• Annual Review 2001-02 - a short version of the Centrelink 2001-02 Annual Report.
• Annual Review 2002-03 - a short version of the 2002-03 Annual Report.
• Approved Program of Work Supplement - A factsheet about the Approved Program of Work Supplement that will assist you with the costs of participating in a CDEP program.
• Are you a farmer, self-employed or rural Australian? - a guide to the options and payments from Centrelink to support you if you are a rural Australian, self-employed or responsible for a farm.
• Are you a grandparent or relative caring for children? - provides information about the Centrelink assistance and Medicare benefits you may receive if you are a grandparent or relative carer and you have day-to-day care and responsibility for a child or children.
• Are you a member of a couple? - provides information about what a 'member of a couple' is for Centrelink and Family Assistance Office purposes.
• Are you a parent or guardian? Booklet - provides information about payments and services you may be able to get if you are a parent or guardian.
• Are you a seasonal, contract or casual (intermittent) worker? - provides information about how seasonal, contract or casual (intermittent) work may affect a payment from Centrelink.
• Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander? - provides information about payments and services available if you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
• Are you ill, injured or do you have a disability? - provides information about payments and services you may be able to get if you have an illness, injury or disability.
• Are you leaving Australia? - provides information regarding how long you can get your payment if you leave Australia.
• Are you receiving or about to receive compensation? Brochure - provides information about compensation and how it affects your payments from Centrelink.
• Assets Factsheet - provides information about what is counted as an assessable asset and how it is valued as well as what is considered an exempt asset.
• Assets hardship information - This factsheet provides information about when hardship provisions may apply.
• Assets test for rural homeowners - provides information about the Assets test for rural homeowners.
• Assistance for farmers and small businesses - provides information for farmers and small businesses who have been affected by Exceptional Circumstances.
• Assistance for Indigenous secondary school students under 16 years of age - This factsheet provides information for the parent, guardian or carer of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students under 16 years of age.
• Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme - provides detailed information about assistance for isolated children.
• Australia's International Social Security Agreements factsheets - provides a list of factsheets which contain detailed information about the individual agreements with each country.
• Australian Apprenticeships Access Program - provides important information about the Australian Apprenticeships Access Program
• Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment - Tropical Cyclone Yasi - February 2011 - provides information about the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment for Tropical Cyclone Yasi - February 2011.
• Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment - Victoria Floods - January/February 2011 - provides information about the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment for Victoria Floods - January/February 2011.
• Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment - Western Australia Floods – December 2010 - provides information about the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment for the Western Australia Floods – December 2010
• Australian Government Mobile Offices - provides information about the Australian Government Mobile Offices.
• Australian Government Payments Guide Booklet - gives details of the payment rates and eligibility criteria for all payments made by Centrelink and the Family Assistance Office.
• Australian Pension News - provides information for people living outside Australia who get a payment from Centrelink. It is published twice a year in April and October.
• Austudy brochure - provides detailed information about Austudy, including who qualifies for this payment, the appropriate income and/or assets tests as well as what you need to do if your circumstances change.
• Avoid a Centrelink debt Brochure - provides useful information for how to tell Centrelink about changes in your circumstances so that you can continue to receive the correct amount of payment.