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.

This payment has changed

From 1 July 2023, Parental Leave Pay and Dad and Partner Pay combined into one payment. Parental Leave Pay increased from 90 days (18 weeks) to 100 days (20 weeks).

If your child’s date of birth or adoption is on or after this date, you’ll need to apply for Parental Leave Pay not Dad and Partner Pay.

Find out more about the Parental Leave Pay on the Services Australia website.

Who can get it

To get this you must:

  • care for a newborn or newly adopted child who was born or who entered your care before 1 July 2023
  • have met the income and residency rules
  • not be working or taking paid leave during your Dad and Partner Pay period
  • have met the work test.

Find out more about who can get it and how much you can get on the Services Australia website.

How to get it

Claim online

Sign in to myGov and start a claim

Find out more about claiming timeframes and providing documents on the Services Australia website.

You'll need to link Centrelink to your myGov account, if you haven’t already.

If you don’t have a myGov account

Follow the steps to create a myGov account. After you’ve created one, you can link services to your account.

If you can’t claim online

Call the families line on the Services Australia website.

Help in your language

Call the Centrelink multilingual phone service on 131 202 to speak with someone in your language.

Find information in more languages about Centrelink on the Services Australia website.

Page last updated: 2 January 2024