Ok, I'm all confused, which is easily done these days.....

At the moment I get FTB A & B.... and Parenting Payment while Ad isn't working. Ad gets newstart.

Ad is at Centrelink today letting them know he has part time work. So not sure yet if he'll be earning enough to keep Newstart and my Parenting Payment up, or get some, or lose it altogether.

I just rang and got them to send me the Carer Payment and Allowance forms. If I do get theses payments I lose the Parenting payment.

Does the Carer payments affect FTB??


The site says if we are a couple, we both get the payment. How does that work, and can Ad get that while working, or will I get the single rate?

Do we both apply, or will they work that out automatically when I apply?

Kane is demanding more and more time as he gets older, with his hearing loss and intense speech therapy, and the guy I spoke to said provided the doc writes down all the extra care it takes us, and the travelling that makes working even harder, we should be fine.

I really cant go sit at centrelink with questions, I'm just not up to it. I need to go in when I kinda know what i'm doing if that makes sense....