yeah, I looked into it, and I'm best to take the baby bonus over the PPL too. Although I ran my own figures on it. The PPL is taxed, which means you are actually bringing home less in terms of real $$$$ then the grosss amount they tell you about. How much you are taxed depends on how much you earn.

In my case, taking the PPL - the payment itself would be more then the BB, but I would loose a huge chunk of my FTB A&B, so overall would get less money.