How do you create and set up myGov in Australia in 2026?

Start at my.gov.au or use the official myGov app. Register an email address you control and set secure sign-in details. Add a mobile number and recovery options that will remain available if you change jobs, banks, or homes.

Do not follow a link in an unexpected tax-refund, benefit, or Medicare message. Government impersonation scams often copy myGov branding and create urgent sign-in requests.

Record your myGov username in a password manager. An email address may change, while the issued username remains tied to the account.

Choose "View and link services" inside myGov. Each agency verifies you separately because creating the portal account does not prove entitlement to that service.

For Medicare, prepare the card number, the individual reference number beside your name, registered contact access, and answers about your Medicare record. A Medicare staff member can provide a linking code when the normal questions cannot verify you.

For the Australian Taxation Office, your name, date of birth, TFN (tax file number), and tax-record details must match. A newcomer with little Australian history may need the agency's alternative linking process.

Do not guess repeatedly when records differ. Contact the relevant agency and correct the underlying name, date, address, or contact mismatch.

No. myID is the Australian Government's Digital ID app, used to prove identity for supported online services. myGov is the account that gathers linked government services.

You can create a Digital ID in myID and choose to connect it as a myGov sign-in option. The identity strength available depends on the accepted identity documents you can verify.

Connecting myID does not automatically link Medicare, tax, Centrelink, or other services. Those links still have their own eligibility and matching steps.