Most useful information for child health and safety

1. Victoria Bushfires, January 2026
2. New Zealand Disaster Recovery Allowance

How to manage your Vic Bushfires, January 2026 - New Zealand Disaster Recovery Allowance payment

You need to tell us if your circumstances change as this may affect your payment.

1. Child health and safety
2. Wellbeing

Support for foster carers and other non-parent carers

We support foster carers, grandparents, kinship carers and informal carers who provide ongoing care for a child.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Adopting a child

We have a range of payments and services to help parents care for their newly adopted child.

1. Raising kids
2. Child health and safety

Children’s health care

We cover some or all of your child’s health care costs.

1. Raising kids
2. Child health and safety

Childhood wellbeing

Wellbeing comes from physical, mental and emotional health. For children and young people, there are many things that build wellbeing.

1. Raising kids
2. Child health and safety

Childhood safety

Information and resources to help you keep your child safe.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Other Medicare support

We have a range of programs to help with some specific health care needs.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Who's covered by Medicare

Support for families, children, Indigenous Australians, and people living in remote areas.

1. What's covered
2. Who's covered by Medicare

Children's health care covered by Medicare

We cover some or all of your child’s health care costs.

1. Child support assessment
2. What you need to know

Non-parent carer applying for child support

If you provide care for a child and aren’t the parent, you may be able to receive child support from both parents. You must apply for a child support assessment.