Most useful information for having a baby

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  1. Top payments
  2. Family Tax Benefit

How to claim Family Tax Benefit

Complete the following steps to claim Family Tax Benefit. Before you start, check if you can get it.

  1. Top payments
  2. Family Tax Benefit

How to manage your Family Tax Benefit

Your options and obligations for Family Tax Benefit.

  1. Centrepay
  2. How to manage it

Changes to your Centrelink payments can affect your Centrepay deductions

If your Centrelink payment changes it may affect your Centrepay deductions.

  1. Employment income reporting
  2. When to report

Unscheduled reporting

If your employment income changes, you need to tell us within 14 days. We call this unscheduled reporting, as it can happen any time.

  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

Medicare services for conceiving, pregnancy and birth

We can cover some or all of the health care costs of having a baby.

Payment and Service Finder

An online tool to see what payments and services you may be eligible for.

Employment income

This is pay you get for work you've done for an employer.

  1. Child Care Subsidy
  2. How much you can get

The type of child care you use can affect Child Care Subsidy

The amount of Child Care Subsidy (CCS) you can get depends on the type of approved child care you use. It also depends on the age of your child.

  1. Family Tax Benefit
  2. What can affect your payment

Family Tax Benefit when your child is 16 to 19 and stops full time study or school

If your child turns 16 and stops studying full time or going to school after they turn 16, your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) may change.

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