Parenting Payment

This payment is from Services Australia.

Who can get it

To get this payment, you must:

• meet principal carer rules for a child under 14 if you’re single or under 6 if you’re partnered
• meet residence rules
• not have claimed before the birth of the child
• meet the assets test and be under the income limits.

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

You can find out about other payments for families on the Services Australia website.

How to get it

Claim online

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.