you don'thave to go to hospital, but the ambos will want you to.

you don't have to do anything to the cord.

if you choose not to go hospital, you are classified as having a freebirth. in order to register the birth, you write s stat dec, your partner or other witnesses write a stat dec stating that you gave birth to a liveborn boy/girl at date/time at place (youraddress). additionally, amother person writes a stat Dec who saw you when you were pregnant and saw you with the baby.- could be gp or chiro or just friend.
these get submitted to BD&M for your birth certificate. when your birth certificate arrives, you can then submit forms to centrelink. it takes around 2 weeks longer this way, than when everything is submittedat same time.