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  2. Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023

How much Parental Leave Pay you can get for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023

Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023 is based on the national minimum wage.

  1. Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023
  2. How to choose and share your days

Exemptions to the limits of Parental Leave Pay days

You need to tell us if you have an exemption to the limits on Parental Leave Pay days.

  1. Top payments
  2. Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement

How much Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement you can get

The amount you get depends on your family’s income and how many children you have.

  1. Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023
  2. How to choose and share your days

Choose how to take your Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023

You can decide how to use your Parental Leave Pay days for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023.

  1. How to choose and share your days
  2. Sharing your payment

Giving approval to share Parental Leave Pay

You'll need to give approval if you choose to share your Parental Leave Pay.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023

Who can get Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023

To get Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023, you need to meet certain criteria.

Your family income estimate for family assistance payments

We use your family income estimate to work out how much family assistance to pay you. This includes Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Subsidy (CCS).

Advance payment

You may get part of your income support payment or Family Tax Benefit (Part A) early. This is an advance payment. You pay it back later out of your payments from us.

  1. Parental Leave Pay
  2. Parental Leave Pay for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023

How to choose and share your Parental Leave Pay days for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2023

You can choose how you use and share your Parental Leave Pay days.

Paid Parental Leave counted as income

We treat Paid Parental Leave (PPL) as taxable income. This means Parental Leave Pay counts in your income test for payments from us.

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