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Payments to claim when having a baby

Find out about payments you can get when your baby arrives and when to start your claim.

Payments you can get

You can start your claim for payments up to 3 months before your baby is due. Find out about payments you may be eligible for when your baby arrives.

Parental Leave Pay
A payment to help you care for a newborn or newly adopted child.
Dad and Partner Pay
A payment for up to 2 weeks while you care for your new child born or adopted before 1 July 2023.
Family Tax Benefit
This is a 2 part payment that helps with the cost of raising children.

If your child was stillborn or died shortly after birth, help is available. Find out what support you may be eligible for when a child has died.

Other payments

If you can’t get Parental Leave Pay, you may be eligible for Family Tax Benefit and get newborn payments as part of it.

Find out about the Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement on the Services Australia website.

Help in your language

There is translated information about payments on the Services Australia website.

Page last updated: 15 November 2023