Centrelink | Department of Human Services

Centrelink is an Australian Government Statutory Agency, assisting people to become self-sufficient, supporting those in need and delivering a range of Commonwealth services to the Australian community.

The Department of Human Services is responsible for the development of service delivery policy and provides access to social, health and other payments and services.

Payments and services

The department offers a range of health, social and welfare payments and services through:

Medicare looks after the health of Australians through programs such as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register and the Australian Organ Donor Register.

Centrelink delivers payments and services for retirees, the unemployed, families, carers, parents, people with disabilities, Indigenous Australians, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and provides services at times of major change.

Child Support gives separated parents the financial and emotional support needed for their childrens wellbeing. Find out how we engage Child Support stakeholders.

CRS Australia helps disability employment services assist people with a disability, injury or health condition to get or keep a job, and help their employers to keep their workplaces safe.