for purposes of maternity immunisation allowance, the chicken pox vaccine isn't compulsary - they simply give you until your child is 18 months old to be up to date (or have a conscientious objection letter provided) with the childhood immunisation register. MIA will still be paid, irrespective of whether you have this injection or not

however, with CCB, it is considered compulsory - and as a result, you need to get the conscientious objection letter registered with the Au Childhood Immunisation Register - this is done via the DOCTOR and does not need to be seen by centrelink staff at all. if you're making a decision now not to immunise, get that objection registered ASAP - and it will cover ALL future immunisations - not just the current one. so basically, c'link will stop chasing you for immunisation details for your children for ccb purposes. i will say though, check whether your child care provider will still accept your kids into care if you lodge that objection - they might have a policy in place that will stop them having your kids in care if they're not up to date (not many do, but check anyway)

hope that helps

BG