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Proving your child’s birth or adoption

You need to give us proof of your child’s birth or adoption before we can finalise your claim for Parental Leave Pay or Family Tax Benefit.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Most useful information

Application to copy or transfer from one Medicare card to another form (MS011)

Complete this form to copy or transfer someone onto your own Medicare card or another Medicare card.

1. Parental Leave Pay
2. What can affect your payments

Changes if you get family payments

There are some changes that may affect you if you get family payments.

Balancing your family assistance payments

After the financial year ends, we balance your payments to make sure you got the right amount.

Income

Most types of income count in your income test. We use this and your assets test to assess if you can get a payment, and to calculate your rate of payment.

1. Natural disaster
2. Most useful information

Crisis and other help

We can help if you’re in severe financial hardship, recovering from a disaster, or need special assistance.

Deeming

Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to work out your payment rate.

How to prove your identity with Centrelink

You need to prove your identity before you claim a payment or service.

1. How much you can get
2. Your activity level affects it

Recognised activities for Child Care Subsidy

You need to do a recognised activity to get Child Care Subsidy.

1. Recently unemployed
2. Most useful information

Employment Separation Certificate form (SU001)

You can ask your previous employer to use this form to certify important employment information about you.