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For Centrelink payments and services, you can call our multilingual phone service.
Call the Centrelink Indigenous Call Centre to speak to us about Centrelink payments and services for free.
To get this payment all of the following must apply:
- you’re under the income and asset test limits
- you meet principal carer rules for a child under 14 if you’re single, or under 6 if you have a partner
- you meet residence rules
- your partner is not currently getting Parenting Payment.
If you’re single and your youngest child is 6 or over, you’ll need to meet mutual obligation requirements unless we give you an exemption.
Read the full conditions under Who can get it.
Parenting Payment is a separate payment from Family Tax Benefit and Parental Leave Pay. There are also other payments for families you may be able to get.