Top payments for having a baby

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  1. Recently unemployed
  2. Most useful information

Employment Separation Certificate form (SU001)

You can ask your previous employer to use this form to certify important employment information about you.

  1. Top payments
  2. Parenting Payment

How much Parenting Payment you can get

How much Parenting Payment you can get depends on your and your partner’s circumstances.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Meeting the work test

Activities that count as work for Parental Leave Pay

To get Parental Leave Pay, you need to know what’s included in the work test.

  1. Seeking medical help
  2. Get health care

Concession and health care cards

Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.

  1. Meeting the income test
  2. What adjusted taxable income is

Paying tax on a Centrelink payment

You may have to pay income tax on your taxable Centrelink payments.

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

Who can get Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement

You may be eligible for Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement if you or your partner have a baby or a child comes into your care.

  1. Having a baby
  2. Top payments

Dad and Partner Pay

A payment that was available to eligible fathers and partners for up to 2 weeks to care for a new child born or adopted before 1 July 2023.

  1. Top payments
  2. Parenting Payment

Who can get Parenting Payment

You must meet certain criteria to get Parenting Payment.

Residence descriptions

You usually need to be an Australian resident or hold a specific visa type to get a Centrelink payment or concession card.

  1. Raising kids
  2. Having a baby

When your baby arrives

Use your Parent Pack to help finalise your pre-birth claim, make a new claim and enrol your baby in Medicare.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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