FTB Part A and eligibility for other payments/services

[AnyDream]

Anyone??

[AndiE]

We now qualify for A and B because I'm on maternity leave, so I was doing the paperwork a couple of weeks ago. I believe there's a payment associated with large families. We get a tiny bit because of our third child.

Sorry, can't think of any others though.

ETA: Sorry md, I can't recall if you have more than two kids!

[~clover~]

^ Large family supplement. I think I get $22 a f/n? It was only about $11 when I first noticed it & I can't even remember if that was before or after DD3.

[AnyDream]

Yep, just the 2 Ande.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Other benefits while receiving Family Tax Benefit
If you qualify for Family Tax Benefit Part A and Part B, you may be entitled to other payments and benefits.

If you share care of a child for at least 14 per cent of the time (two or more nights per fortnight), you may be able to receive Rent Assistance, a Health Care Card, Remote Area Allowance, Child Care Benefit, and access to the lower threshold of the Medicare Safety Net.

^from the centrelink website

[briggsy's girl]

Remind me later and ill come back to this one

[wysiwyg]

Thanks for bringing to my attention about the link to Medicare - we are eligible for FTA and FTB now as I am still looking for work after DS - my estimate for myself for this year is low because I have no idea if I will get a job or not - but if I do get one within the next month or so then can redo estimate and would think will knock us out of FTA eligibility and I may have various to pay back including CCB (I am fine with that, we needed the money to live while I am not working but once have a job is fine) - I hadn't realized about the safety net though.