Editing Centrelink (section)

{{Short description|Federal social security program of the Australian Government}}
{{distinguish|text=the American LGBT community centre organisation, [[CenterLink]]}}
{{For|Centrelink payments or social security in Australia|Social security in Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
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| logo = Centrelink logo 2013-.svg
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| picture = Wagga Wagga Centrelink Office.jpg
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| picture_caption = Centrelink office in [[Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]]
| formed = {{Start date and age|1997|df=y}}
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| motto = Giving You Options
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| minister1_name = [[Katy Gallagher]]
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[[File:Centrelink-brand.png|thumb|Centrelink logo until 2012]]

The '''Centrelink Master Program''', or more commonly known as '''Centrelink''', is a [[Services Australia]] master program<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centrelink |url=https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/centrelink |website=Services Australia}}</ref> of the [[Australian Government]]. It delivers a range of government payments and services for retirees, the [[Unemployment|unemployed]], families, carers, parents, people with disabilities, [[Indigenous Australians]], students, apprentices and people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and provides services at times of major change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanservices.gov.au/spw/corporate/publications-and-resources/budget/1314/resources/2013-14-dhs-pbs.pdf|title=Portfolio Budget Statements 2013-14|work=[[Department of Human Services (Australia)|Department of Human Services]]|publisher=[[Commonwealth of Australia]]|date=May 2013|access-date=27 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200110/http://www.humanservices.gov.au/spw/corporate/publications-and-resources/budget/1314/resources/2013-14-dhs-pbs.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}} {{Page numbers|3}}</ref> The majority of Centrelink's services are the disbursement of [[social security]] payments.