Tenny, for the Child Care Tax Rebate, you and your partner both need to meet the work/study rule. The Child Care Benefit is different, you don't have to be working, but there is an income threshold for approved care. There isn't for registered care, but as a pp mentioned, you don't qualify for CCTR with registered care.

The pre-school DS1 is going to next year is registered care, so we are getting a lot less back than we have been from day care which is approved. But it's still a lot less out of our pocket LOL!