We’re getting ready to start balancing Family Tax Benefit (FTB) for families.
We’ll start balancing FTB for 2021-22 from July. We balance FTB every year to make sure we paid families the right amount.
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Services Australia’s Lilydale Service Centre on the move
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Improved access to Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support services in Meekatharra
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Family Tax Benefit – Your balancing explained
As we get to the end of another financial year, people tend to focus on tax returns. But what do you need to know about Family Tax Benefit (FTB)?
Services Australia pays FTB Part A and B to about 1.6 million families across the country. If you get FTB, there are some things you need to do at the beginning of the financial year.
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There will be some changes to payments and services over the Easter holiday period for Centrelink, Medicare and…
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Create your own story with the Indigenous Apprenticeships Program
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Coronavirus Conversations – Youth Allowance for parents and guardians
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Supporting Australian farmers
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Services Australia Podcast: Coronavirus conversations – changes to JobSeeker and JobKeeper
In April, the government introduced the Coronavirus Supplement and JobKeeper Payments to help support Australians through the coronavirus pandemic. Both of these changes were due to end in late September.