The baby bonus would work out to $100/week or so, wouldn't it? Not a lot of money. Again, better than nothing, and at least it isn't taxed. I guess that the other family payments and tax benefits would add to that, but this varies a lot from family to family.
We'll be getting monthly instalments of the baby bonus, and while it is really the difference between me having to work or not, no, it's nowhere near the equivalent of paid maternity leave. I will get extra family payment, and i'm glad that the baby will be born in April so there'll only be a couple of months until we can put in a new estimate of earnings!

In the meantime, I get six weeks' paid maternity leave from work, the statutory twelve months unpaid entitlement, and I'll have to cash in all my annual leave due as well to make ends meet.