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Paid Parental Leave scheme changes
The amount of Parental Leave Pay available to families increased to 120 days, or 24 weeks based on a 5 day work week, for children born or adopted from 1 July 2025. Both the following have also increased:
- the number of days reserved for your partner
- the number of days you can take at the same time as another parent.
The number of days you get is based on the date your child is born or comes into your care.
Find out more about how much Parental Leave Pay you can get.
Superannuation for Parental Leave Pay
If you get Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2025, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will pay a 12% superannuation contribution on this payment. This will be paid directly to your superannuation fund. Contributions will be paid after the end of the financial year you got Parental Leave Pay, starting in July 2026.
Once you’ve done your Parental Leave Pay claim, you don’t need to do anything further. Your superannuation contribution will be paid automatically.
If you share Parental Leave Pay with another person, each person is eligible for a superannuation contribution on their share of the payment.
In most circumstances, your contribution will be paid to the fund your superannuation contributions are currently paid to.
Read more about the Paid Parental Leave Superannuation Contribution on the ATO website.
Changes to Child Care Subsidy (CCS) from January 2026
From 5 January 2026, we’re replacing the activity test so all CCS eligible families can get at least 72 hours of subsidised child care each fortnight. These changes are known as the 3 Day Guarantee.
You can still get 100 hours of subsidised child care per fortnight if either of the following apply:
- you and your partner, if you have one, each do more than 48 hours of recognised participation every fortnight
- you have a valid exemption.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children can get 100 hours of subsidised child care per fortnight.
You’ll still need to pay a gap fee or out of pocket cost to your child care provider, based on your CCS percentage.
If you already get CCS, you don’t need to do anything. We’ll apply these changes to your CCS for you.