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Enrol an Australian-born newborn in Medicare using myGov, the Newborn Child Declaration or a family payment claim. Check proof of birth, Medicare card and processing details.
Tell Services Australia when the care you provide for a child changes so your care percentage and child support assessment can be updated correctly.
Find out when Services Australia accepts a current-year income estimate for child support and how to submit or update it through your Child Support online account.
If you and your former partner cannot agree on dividing property or financial support, you may apply for court orders. Check the filing deadline, complete the required pre-action steps and file an Initiating Application with supporting financial documents.
Learn who can claim Double Orphan Pension, the Family Tax Benefit prerequisite, documents you may need and how to submit the claim to Services Australia.
Check Family Tax Benefit eligibility, care and income rules, documents, claim deadlines and how to claim fortnightly or as an annual lump sum through myGov.
Learn how to claim Child Care Subsidy through Centrelink, who is eligible, how the 28-day backdating rule works and what to do after your claim is approved.
Apply for parenting orders when agreement after separation is not possible. Check Family Dispute Resolution, section 60I exemptions, required forms, fees and eFiling.
Apply for an Australian child support assessment through Services Australia, including eligibility, parentage, care information, online and phone options, and overseas-parent rules.
Apply for divorce online in Australia after the required separation period, including eligibility, fees, marriage certificate, sole or joint filing and service.
Formalise an agreed parenting, property or financial settlement as legally binding consent orders through the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Apply to Services Australia to change an active child support assessment when special circumstances make the usual assessment unfair, using the recognised change-of-assessment reasons and supporting evidence.
Claim Australian Government Parental Leave Pay through Centrelink for a newborn or recently adopted child. Check the work, income and residence tests, 2026 payment days and rate, claim deadlines, documents, proof of birth or adoption and how parents can share their days.