- How to enrol
- Enrolling your baby in Medicare
How to enrol your baby in Medicare if they were born overseas
You can enrol your overseas born baby in Medicare if you’re an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
- How to enrol
- Enrolling your baby in Medicare
How you enrol your baby in Medicare if your child is adopted
You can add your child to your Medicare card when the adoption is final.
- Medicare
- What's covered
Who's covered by Medicare
Support for families, children, Indigenous Australians, and people living in remote areas.
- Growing up
- Most useful information
Changes if you get family payments
Sometimes there are changes that may affect you when you get family payments.
Business structures
Your business structure may affect your and your partner’s payments from us.
Financial investments
The value of your financial investments counts in the assets test and income test for payments from us.
Rural customers and primary producers
Some rural properties and farms have more than one title or larger blocks than residential properties. The asset test rules are different for these properties.
Income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
If you or your partner has income you need to let us know so you don’t get a debt. This includes if you get special types of income.
Granny flat interest
A granny flat interest is an agreement for accommodation for life. It can affect your eligibility or rate of payment and we may include it in your assets test.
Private trusts and companies
If you’re part of a private trust or company, we need to know your share of the income and assets.