I am confused about all the payments we might or might be able to access when the baby is born. Also about the different things that we have to register baby for in order to access.

- Baby bonus
- Medicare
- any other centrelink payments?
- family tax stuff?
- what else am I not even aware of?

Is there some centralised system for us to know what we have to apply for? I'd hate to fall through the cracks because I didn't know about something or I forgot some form or other.

Will the hospital give us the forms we need? Do we need to visit medicare, centrelink, anywhere else?

Do some things come out in the wash when we do our tax return?

I know we'll be elgible for the baby bonus, but since DH's income is erratic (freelance work), what kind of documentation will we need to supply to get the payments?

It's so confusing! Any advice would be welcome.