Most useful information for having a baby

1. Top payments
2. Parental Leave Pay

How to manage your Parental Leave Pay

If you or your partner get Parental Leave Pay, you have options and obligations to meet.

1. Top payments
2. Parental Leave Pay

What affects your Parental Leave Pay

Understand what can affect your Parental Leave Pay.

1. Top payments
2. Parental Leave Pay

Who can get Parental Leave Pay

To get Parental Leave Pay, you need to meet certain rules.

1. Having a baby
2. When your baby arrives

Register the birth of your baby

You must register the birth of your baby. This is a requirement by the births, deaths and marriages registry in your state or territory.

1. Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
2. Who can get it

Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement if you have a baby

If you have a baby, you may be eligible to get Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement.

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

Self-employed parents work test for Parental Leave Pay

You may still meet the work test for Parental Leave Pay if you’re self-employed.

1. Parental Leave Pay
2. How much you can get

Getting your Parental Leave Pay

In many cases your employer will deliver your Parental Leave Pay to you. Sometimes we’ll pay you directly.

1. Relationship changes
2. Most useful information

Relationship details - Separated under one roof form (SS293)

Use this form if you’re separated but live under the same roof as your ex-partner. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.

1. Who can get it
2. Income and assets test

Assets test for allowances

We use the assets test to help us work out if you can be paid an allowance and how much you'll get.

1. Assets test
2. Asset types

Superannuation

Superannuation is a long term savings structure to help fund your retirement.