Enrol your baby in Medicare only
If you don’t wish to claim for a families payment, you’ll need to submit proof of birth to enrol your baby in Medicare.
Submit your claim if you didn’t do a pre-birth claim
If you didn’t do a pre-birth claim, you can start a claim after the birth of your baby.
How to claim Special Benefit
Complete the following steps to claim Special Benefit. Before you start, check if you can get it.
Authorising a person or organisation to enquire or act on your behalf (outside Australia) form (AUS221)
Use this form if you want to nominate a person or organisation outside Australia to act on your behalf with Centrelink.
Residence rules for natural disaster support
You must meet residence rules to get Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment, Disaster Recovery Allowance or the New Zealand payments.
The Child Wellbeing subsidy
You need to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the Additional Child Care Subsidy Child Wellbeing.
Travel outside Australia rules for Child Care Subsidy
There are rules about when you can get Child Care Subsidy when you travel outside Australia. The rules also apply to your Additional Child Care Subsidy.
Balancing dates if you were single and got income support
If you were single and got an income support payment for the entire financial year, we may balance your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) without you doing anything.
FIS selling the family home video
Watch this video to learn more about how selling the family home can affect your payment.
What FIS information you can watch online
We have information about financial matters online that may help your situation.