Newborn Enrolment Trial
What is the Newborn Enrolment Trial
The Newborn Enrolment Trial makes it easier for you to tell government about your baby’s birth and access government payments and services.
If you participate in the trial, the details you give to the hospital will be shared with myGov. This information will be used to:
- enrol your baby in Medicare
- let Centrelink know about the birth
- let you register your baby’s birth through your myGov.
Who can participate
To take part in the trial your baby must be born at either the:
- Centenary Hospital for Women and Children
- North Canberra Hospital.
If your baby wasn’t born at one of these hospitals you can’t participate in the trial. You’ll need to register your baby's birth with your state or territory government.
How to participate
After you give birth, you’ll need to give your consent for the hospital to share your information with myGov.
To do this you’ll need to complete the Newborn Enrolment Trial form and return it to the hospital before you go home.
How to register your baby’s birth through myGov
Once myGov gets the details from the hospital, the birth mother will get a notification from myGov to complete the ‘Register the birth of your baby’ task. Make sure you check the details are correct, and enter any missing information needed.
The other parent won’t get a myGov notification to complete their part of registration.
If your birth registration includes the other parent, they’ll need to sign in to myGov and enter the access code given to them by the baby’s birth mother. This will confirm the details of your baby’s birth.
Follow these steps if you’re the other parent to register your baby’s birth through myGov:
- Select Sign in to myGov to register your baby’s birth. If you’ve already signed in to myGov, select Register the birth of your baby task.
- Enter the access code given to you by the birth mother and your baby’s date of birth.
- Follow the prompts to complete the 5 sections.
- Check your answers. If the information is correct, select Submit.
- Details are sent to Access Canberra and a confirmation of registration of birth will be sent to the birth mother.
Next steps
After the details about your baby’s birth have been entered, myGov will notify Access Canberra to register your baby’s birth.
It’s free to register your baby’s birth, but you need to pay to get a birth certificate.
Get a birth certificate
If you registered the birth through myGov the baby’s mother will get an inbox notification to go to Access Canberra to order and pay for a birth certificate.
If you don’t get an inbox notification, you can Apply for a birth certificate directly on the Access Canberra website.