Thanks, Lulu and BG. It's all a bit of a headache but I think i've figured it out. I recieved a payment advance a couple of months ago that I forgot about so I think what's happened is that they're not taking a regular amount out each fortnight, which would explain why my parenting payment is always different. The chick on the phone today said that I am actually recieving the full amount of FTB with my rent assistance on top of it, which is . . . 3 dollars LMAO! I was receiving more rent assistance before so that's probably why my payment decreased; I thought they would be seperate payments but aparently my rent assistance gets paid with my FTB (and for some reason I get more that way??) I don't get child support unfortunately grr