Payments to help if you’re unemployed

Payments you can get while looking for work

If you’re unemployed, you may get a payment from Centrelink while you look for work. 

Other payments you can get if you’re unemployed

There are other Centrelink payments you may be eligible for if you are:

• raising kids
• caring for someone
• studying
• living with disability or a medical condition.

You may also be eligible for services like a Low Income Health Care Card or Advance Payment.

Find out more information about payments you may get and government help with money.

No Interest Loans

You may be able to get a No Interest Loan (NIL) from Good Shepherd to help you with costs.

NILs let you borrow money for essential goods, such as white goods and car repairs. You don’t pay interest on a NIL, and you only repay what you borrow.

Find out more about No Interest Loans on the Good Shepherd website.