Centrelink Income Test 2026: How Working Affects Each Payment

This page explains how the Centrelink income test reduces payments like JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Age Pension and Parenting Payment as earnings rise above a free area, citing figures such as the $150 free area with 50c then 60c reductions. It also links to individual calculators for each payment, so people land on it to estimate how part-time work will affect their benefit.

Australians receiving or considering Centrelink payments (job seekers, students, parents, pensioners, carers) who want to know how working affects their payment.

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