Top payments for separated parents

Working Credit

Lets you keep more of your income support payment and benefits if you're working.

Explanation or formal review of a decision form (SS351)

Use this form to ask for an explanation or formal review of a decision.

1. Crisis Payment
2. Crisis Payment for extreme circumstances family and domestic violence

How much Crisis Payment for Extreme Circumstances Family and Domestic Violence you can get

You can get this Crisis Payment once per incident or circumstance.

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. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Request for Medicare claims information form (MS031)

Use this form to request Medicare claims information for individuals and families.

1. Separated parents
2. Separating

Update your details with us when you’re separating

It’s important to update your details with us if you get a payment. This is so we pay you the right amount.

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.

Paying child support by Child Support Collect

There are different ways you can make child support payments when you use Child Support Collect.

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.

Lump sums while on income support

A lump sum is a one-off amount of money. They can count in your income test and may affect your payment from us.