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Language, Literacy and Numeracy Supplement

This is an extra payment for people doing the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program.

This is a Services Australia payment.

Australians 15 years and over who’ve left school and need help with language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy skills can do the SEE program. Learn more about the SEE program on the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations website.

Who can get it

To get this supplement, you must:

  • be enrolled in the SEE program
  • be enrolled in the First Nations SEE program
  • be receiving an eligible payment.

Find out more about who can get it and how much you can get on the Services Australia website.

How to get it

You don’t need to submit a claim. Services Australia will check if you can get it when you start the SEE program.

To keep getting the supplement you must:

  • continue to be eligible for the payment you get
  • remain actively involved in the SEE program.

Help in your language

Call the Centrelink multilingual phone service on 131 202 to speak with someone in your language.

Centrelink will be closed on:

  • Wednesday 25 December 2024
  • Thursday 26 December 2024
  • Friday 27 December 2024
  • Wednesday 1 January 2025.

Find information in more languages about Centrelink on the Services Australia website.
Page last updated: 2 December 2024