About Centrepay

Centrepay is a voluntary bill paying service which is free for Centrelink customers. It is a service provided by the Australian Government through Services Australia.

You can choose when to start, change or stop Centrepay deductions.

How to use Centrepay

You can use Centrepay to make regular deductions from your Centrelink payment to pay for your rent, electricity, phone and other bills from registered businesses.

You can use the Centrepay bill paying service to pay any business registered to accept Centrepay as a payment method.

Fee free service

Businesses that offer Centrepay can never:

  • charge you for using Centrepay
  • pass a Centrepay fee on to you.

Changes to Centrepay

Learn about Centrepay reform.

Links

Last updated: 6 December 2024

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