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Welfare Rights Service

The Welfare Rights Service is a specialist legal service of the Illawarra Legal Centre (ILC).  We assist people who are having problems with Centrelink.

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Our Welfare Rights solicitors provide free help and assistance, ranging from information to advice, advocacy and representation on Social Security Law and Centrelink matters to all residents of the Illawarra, South Coast and Wingecarribee regions in NSW. 

What do we do?

ILC’s Welfare Rights Service assists people who are having problems with Centrelink. Our Welfare Rights solicitors provide free help and assistance, ranging from information to advice, advocacy and representation on Social Security Law and Centrelink matters to all residents of the Illawarra, South Coast and Wingecarribee regions in NSW.

Who can benefit?

We can help you if you are receiving or applying for any Centrelink payment, pension or benefit, such as; Family Tax Benefit (FTB), Jobseeker Payment or the Disability Support Pension (DSP). If you have a Centrelink problem call us to speak with our Welfare Rights solicitors.

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How can we help?

Our Welfare Rights solicitors can give you free confidential legal advice about your dealings with Centrelink. We can explain your rights, obligations and entitlements. We can provide assistance to appeal against decisions.

You may want legal help if:

  • You have to pay back money to Centrelink
  • You can’t get a payment
  • You are getting the wrong amount
  • Your payments have been stopped
  • You want to appeal a Centrelink decision, or
  • You are being investigated by Centrelink.

In some cases, we may be able to:

  • Talk to Centrelink for you
  • Ask Centrelink for a copy of your file so you know what information they used to make a decision.
  • Ask Centrelink to review decisions.
  • We may help and represent you at Tribunal and Court hearings.

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Illawarra Legal Centre cannot give legal advice by email

Unfortunately we cannot give advice by email. We cannot protect any confidential information you send to us by email if we have not asked for that information.