I stopped by my local centrelink office on a whim while down the street today and found out that the limit for a LIC with one child is approximately $6,200 over 8 weeks. DF and I are going to go through all of his payslips (we overestimated for the FTB in case he had a week where he earned more than normal, which happens occasionally) and figure out exactly how much he gets over 8 weeks.

Thanks for all your help BG
fwiw - the thresholds for a LIC on the guidelines your looking at work out to be LESS than the FTB thresholds - your partners income before tax is taken out has to be less than 6200 for 8 weeks, for the FTB card it's 6500. if he's earning 45k, at a guess, he's getting 6900. no tax deductions are taken into account for Low income card, whereas tax deductions are included in the FTB one


not trying to stop you applying - just putting it out there for others that might read