What time does Centrelink go into your bank account ?

330am and no Centrelink yet
Is the bank holding it to earn interest?
Does Centrelink ship the coin at midnight?

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  • +2

    I'm pretty sure you dont get the money till the banks open, maybe 8am or so.

  • +9

    *grabs popcorn *

  • +1

    Damn gummint.

  • +15

    sucks when you get paid late
    sucks even more when you have to work to get paid

    • +7

      Does it? I enjoy working for my money much more than I did getting Newstart. Especially because I now have enough money to live on rather than just subsisting. There is no feeling compared to the one of financial security.

      • +3

        I think your sarcasm detector is broken

  • -4

    Sucks even more when you must comply with job requirements, activities and follow through with appointments for job seeking (with little or no support), constantly while trying to pursue a fulfilling and worthwhile life.

    Each to their own I guess i'd love to be working and get paid through an employer to be honest I think you are than enabled more opportunity for better quality of life.

    • +5

      How dare they make you apply for jobs while getting benefits!!!

      • I don't think that's unreasonable to apply for jobs, more showing towards the effort associated with gaining benefits.

        Jobs - activities - appointments~other criteria

        Must apply to a deadline of jobs

        Be participating in education / work volunteerment

        Monthly appointments

        Etc.

        • +1

          That's fair enough too. Your main priority should be securing a source of income that isn't from the Government. when my last contract ended early I treated finding a new one like a full time job. You allocate a set number of hours each day to finding a new one. It's pretty simple stuff.

        • I see….

          And you are totally time poor with…..????

  • -1

    I always thought centrelink payed on the dot at 12am

  • +2

    It will vary between banks when they process the transaction and make it available to your account.

  • +3

    No idea, never get money from Centrelink yet :)

  • +2

    I wish Centrelink would give me money. The downside of having a job

  • +3

    Wouldn't it be easier to just call them and ask?

    • +2

      Hahahahahahahahaha

  • +1

    You can always get personal loan while you wait for the centerlink fund :)

    • From you I hope, haha :}

    • I hear those payday lenders offer excellent terms - the man in the animal costume said so on the TV. I mean, they're not going to lie to me on TV and in costume.

      • On an unrelated matter, what times do the pokies venues open and close?

  • It's paid through the RBA. Usually either 1-3AM the night you normally get payments unless otherwise stated in your most recent payment receipt. (Also during business days and depending on your bank).

  • My housemate is on Centrelink and banks with ING direct.
    In his account no later than 4am

  • Mine always goes in between 12:30am and 1:00am

  • I am struggling to think of a legitimate use of Centrelink money @ 3:27am AEST.

    • Tsunamisurfer…….maybe the blokes hungry ??? I doubt u even know what thats like or hes waiting to get some smokes so he doesnt kill himself?.?.
      U imply hes doin somthing wrong,,,u sound like a closed minded fool….

  • This is starting to sound like whirlpool.
    Demonising those on welfare for getting $300 a week, when big businesses are getting tens of millions in tax breaks. Way to go!!

  • ACTUAL ANSWER HERE - NO JUDGEMENT ALLOWED (because I’m in control of whether a comment hurts me)
    My youngest brother was on the special benefit after getting injured at uni. He was with NAB then but he’d said his money came at 2:30am. How he knows is beyond my region of care. Apparently CommBank are the slowest if memory serves. Before kids, I worked at a narcotic treatment clinic. Ask anyone from that walk of life and you’ll find they’re very intelligent and articulate. One even helped me with my first home loan. He’s the commonwealth customer. I’m sure he said they were slow. Anyway, if you really need to know, I recently had a payment coming from another lender for my business and my bank said payments deposited before 2pm and after 10:30am with fall into the nominated account 24hrs after being released. That’s when the funds are coming from an outside merchant. I’m not sure about interbanking transfers. Centrelink don’t do that either do they?

    Wow, there’s A LOT of judgement on this page. What happened to that “Aussie Battler” spirit? How do any of you feel the right to voice a generalisation based on what I call “the herd mentality”. Each degrading comment reminds me of the dopes that followed the popular group at school but only at school. They “weren’t allowed” to follow them in public. Anything the leader said, the herd would gossip about as if it was from a burning bush and as sacred.
    Negative replies will be ignored. Regardless of that, doing so will only show your intellect for what it really is, nonexistent.

    This world is not perfect. Why act like we’re above one another when the reality is we’re respectively a group of random people, responding to a query. It’s that simple

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