Top payments for having a baby

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. How to manage your payment

Payment choices for FTB

You can choose how you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB) if you claim it fortnightly.

1. Looking for work
2. Top payments

Parent Pathways

If you’re a parent or carer for a child under 6 years, you may be able to get help to meet your personal, study or work goals.

1. Child Care Subsidy
2. How to claim

Confirm enrolment for Child Care Subsidy

Before we can pay you Child Care Subsidy (CCS), you need to confirm your child’s child care enrolment.

Proving your identity over the phone with Centrelink

How to prove who you are over the phone.

1. Asset types
2. Gifting

How much you can gift

Your payment may be affected if you gift more than the value of the gifting free area each year.

1. How much you can get
2. Hours of subsidised child care

Recognised participation and activity test for Child Care Subsidy

Your recognised participation may affect the hours of subsidised child care you can get.

1. Parenting Payment
2. Who can get it

Residence rules for Parenting Payment

To be eligible for Parenting Payment you must meet the residence rules.

1. Parental Leave Pay
2. What can affect your payments

Travel outside Australia if you get Parental Leave Pay

There are rules about when you can get Parental Leave Pay when you travel outside Australia.

1. Prove your identity
2. Proving your identity online

How to prove your identity to Centrelink through myGov

How to prove who you are to Centrelink through myGov using the Centrelink identity verification linking option.

Sole trader or partnership income

Business income is counted in the income test.