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With a population of about 22 million people and with about 7 million of these getting some form of Centrelink Welfare benefit payments, it is not surprising that there are a number of Fraudulent Centrelink claims every year.

The 7 million claimants includes the many families who are entitled to the Family Tax Benefit available to most parents.

Government figures have shown the following in respect to Centrelink fraud:

In 2008-09, Centrelink conducted 26,084 fraud investigations which led to $113.4 million in customer debts, and 2,973 criminal convictions. That is an average of $4,347 per investigation, and one in every NINE investigations resulting in a criminal conviction.

In 2009–10 Centrelink prosecuted 3,461 Centrelink cases for fraud with a successful conviction rate of 99.3 per cent, with only 25 cases being aquitted.

Centrelink Contacts

• Fraud Tip-offs - www.centrelink.gov.au/…/fraud
• Index of Centrelink Services - www.centrelink.gov.au/…/index

Centrelink Payment Rates

• Unemployment – www.centrelink.gov.au/…/newstart_rates
• Payments Index - www.centrelink.gov.au/…/payments

Data Matching with other Australian Government Departments:

Centrelink undertakes data-matching activities with other agencies, including the following:

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Australian Taxation Office
• Commonwealth Superannuation Administration
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• Department of Health and Ageing
• Department of Immigration and Citizenship
• Defence Housing Authority
• Public and Private Education providers
• State and Territory Departments of Corrective Services
• State and Territory Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Source: www.dhs.gov.au/…/annual-reports

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