Most useful information

1. What can affect your payments
2. Travel outside Australia

When and how to tell us about your travel if you get Parental Leave Pay

When you get Parental Leave Pay, you may need to tell us if you’re leaving Australia.

1. Parental Leave Pay
2. What can affect your payments

Effects of Parental Leave Pay on your existing payments and entitlements

Parental Leave Pay is part of your taxable income. It can affect your tax obligations and some payments and services.

1. Parental Leave Pay
2. What can affect your payments

Travel outside Australia if you get Parental Leave Pay

There are rules about when you can get Parental Leave Pay when you travel outside Australia.

1. Parental Leave Pay
2. What can affect your payments

If you’re self-employed and work on a Parental Leave Pay day

If you're self-employed, you must not work on any day you choose to get Parental Leave Pay.

1. Top payments
2. Parental Leave Pay

How to manage your Parental Leave Pay

You have options and obligations for Parental Leave Pay.

1. Parental Leave Pay
2. How to manage your payment

Parental leave and the Fair Work Ombudsman

The Fair Work Ombudsman can help you understand your unpaid parental leave entitlements under the Fair Work Act.

1. Self service
2. Centrelink self service

Upload your Centrelink documents online

You can securely upload an image of your Centrelink form or other documents online.

1. Self service
2. Centrelink self service

Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN)

A Customer Reference Number (CRN) helps us identify your Centrelink record.

1. Top payments
2. Grandparent, Foster and Kinship Carer Advisers

How Grandparent Advisers can help

Grandparent, Foster and Kinship Carer Advisers can help you and your family while you adjust to your change in circumstances.

1. Accessing our services
2. Self service

Create an online account

To manage your information online, create a myGov account and link your Medicare, Centrelink or Child Support online account.