Most useful information

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.

1. Getting aged care services
2. Most useful information

Private Trust form (MOD PT)

Use this form if in the last 5 years, you or your partner have been involved with or have transferred funds or assets to a private trust that has not been vested.

1. Living arrangements
2. Housing

Homelessness

Find help if you’re homeless, sleeping rough or couch surfing.

1. Living arrangements
2. Housing

Living with others

Find out how living with someone can affect your payments and services from us.

1. Living arrangements
2. Family and domestic violence

Where to get help for domestic violence

Get help accessing our payments and connecting to local support services like legal and housing support.

Your family income estimate for family assistance payments

We use your family income estimate to work out how much family assistance to pay you. This includes Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Subsidy (CCS).

1. Top payments
2. Work Bonus

How a Work Bonus works

The Work Bonus reduces the amount of your eligible income that is calculated in the income test. This helps us work out your rate of payment.

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. How much you can get

Income test for Family Tax Benefit Part B

Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part B is for single parents or carers and some couples who meet a 2 part income test.

1. Caring for someone
2. Most useful information

Exemptions from mutual obligation requirements for principal carers

We can grant principal carers temporary exemptions from their mutual obligation requirements in some family situations.

1. Scams and identity theft
2. Active scams

myGov scams

There are different types of myGov scams.