For the love of god, dont go into an office unless you have to! The website has a terrific estimator and the phone chicks are good too.

ditto! offices are understaffed severely so steer clear unless it's urgent! you'll be sent to the free phone in the waiting room and told to call fao!

basic payments:
baby bonus: $5000 lump sum before jan 1 - not income/assets tested
ftb a - payable on combined income estimate of self and partner for full financial year
ftb b - paid based on income of lower income earner (primary income earner must be under $150k). part payment up until lower income earner has income of around $20k (sliding scale)


rent assistance - based on income and rent paid

telephone and pharmaceutical allowances - not paid with ftb - only with certain income support payments

income support (newstart/parenting payment) - only available to very low income families - we're talking less than $1400 pre-tax income per fortnight cutting out as a max threshold (each payment is different)

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