- This replaced the baby bonus as of 2014.
- Eligibility:
- when you have a baby and registered the birth
- when a child comes into your care through foster etc + age is less than 1 + stays in your care for at least 13 continuous weeks
- when you adopt a child via a proper adoption process
- You can be ineligible if:
- your partner already receives these payments for the child
- you or the partner has received Parental leave Pay for the child
- Payments
- newborn upfront payment is $540 per child non-tax
- newborn supplement is 13 weeks, non taxable payments which is calculated on your family's income & and no. children you have
- the maximum for the first child is $1618.89
- subsequent children maximum is $540.54
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