Register the birth of your baby as soon as possible. If you don’t, we may not be able to pay you.
Get your Parent Pack
You’ll get a Parent Pack from your hospital or midwife. It contains a Newborn Child Declaration. Make sure your doctor or midwife completes the Proof of Birth declaration on the back page.
If you have a Centrelink Customer Reference Number and Medicare card, include these numbers on the back page.
Keep in mind, this isn’t a claim form to get payments. We need the back page as proof of birth to finalise your pre-birth claim. We’ll also need this when you make a new claim for:
If you lose your Newborn Child Declaration, it can’t be reissued. You can still give us proof of birth with either:
- a birth certificate or certified extract
- another Australian Government document that verifies the child’s name and date of birth, such as a passport or naturalisation certificate.
You can also give us proof of birth with a letter from the doctor or midwife who attended the birth. This includes home births. The letter must include all of the following:
- the parents' details
- your child’s name, date and place of birth
- the doctor or midwife’s signature, qualifications and registration number.