Going online with MyGov, NDIS , Medicare and Centrelink

Everything is online more and more. It seems if you are not, you are missing out.
 
Whether it’s your Covid 19 vaccination certificate or arranging to get your transport funding from your NDIS plan paid to you (if you have transport funding) you need to get yourself connected to the relevant government agencies.
 
Below, we collect a few good links and resources on how to get yourself set up.

​MyGov is the key to everything! It is the entry point for all other entry points.  To set yourself up, you need to start with My Gov.  

Go to this site to get started: You’ll find a video and a step-by-step guide and information in different languages.

To set yourself up you will need:

• An email address
• A mobile phone (if you don't have a mobile phone you can still make it work)
• A password you will remember (or have written down in secure place that you will remember how to find)
• 3 secret questions and answers tp those questions (you can choose from the options provided or make up your own questions and answers)

Follow the video and/or step by step guide to help you.

Once all that’s done, you will be sent your username and password to your email address and then you can start linking your other government services such a NDIS, Centrelink, Medicare and others
 
(Please note you can also now sign up for mygovID. mygovID like your digitial identity. If you want to know more try this link )

​​NDIS calls their online portal ‘myplace’.
You can set up a link from your myGov account that can connect you to your NDIS portal.

Once you are linked, you will be able to see things like

• Your plan
• Your budget
• Your service bookings
• You can add your bank details so you can receive your fortnightly transport payments (if you get those,  not everyone does)
• And lots more

The NDIS has also created a step by step guide for all things on the 'myplace' portal and you can download the guide.  

The guide tells you:

• How to link to  ‘myplace’ from myGov:  have a look at page 5 of the guide. And before you can set it all up, you need to call the NDIS 1800 800 110 to get your NDIS Activation Code. 
• How to view your plan: Page 22 tells you everything about viewing your plan and here a screenshoot of  where you can download a pdf copy of your plan
• How to add your bank details: If you have funding for transport in your plan it is likely that this comes as a fortnightly payment into your bank account. Check out Page 20 on how to add your details to make that happen
• and loads more.

When you are ready to set it all up, you will need to call the NDIS 1800 800 110 to get a NDIS Activation Code.

If you want to read more, here is the link to the NDIS website where they keep everything to do with how to access your NDIS myplace portal.

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​Link to medicare via myGov. Sign into myGov and then link to medicare.

To do this you will need

• your Medicare card (if you don't have one you need to get one here )
• your bank details 
• details about your last (Medicare funded) doctor’s appointment (doctor's name and practice)

Once your myGov is linked to your Medicare details, you can download your  Covid 19 digital certificate. You can also download the digital certificate to  your phone's digital wallet ​ ​to make it easier and quicker to find when you need it​.

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You can also link your Centrelink details to your myGov account.  Once you are linked you can:

• Claim payments
• Manage all the documents
• Report employment income
• Manage your Centrelink money

 There are loads of other Australian Government agencies you can link with through your myGov account if you choose to.  myGov is convenient way to access and manage your information with those other agencies.  Check them out!