I have just been to centrelink and spoken to then about PPL and I will be taking it. I am currently casual doing 36-38 hours a week, have been for the past 2 years. So sadly, there will be no annual leave for me. The option has recently came up, but given I am leaving in less that 6 months to have this baby, there would be no point as I would only have accrued about 1.5 weeks annual leave anyway, plus my hourly rate would decrease.
So they just told me I will not receive any payments until AT LEAST 28 days after the baby is born and I will probably be leaving work around 2 weeks before my due date. So that means I am looking at 6 weeks with NO MONEY at all My DH earns about 50k a year so there isn't going to be much to survive on. I have a tiny amount of savings, but that is for baby stuff, cot, pram etc. I don't know what the heck I am going to do I was prepared for a few weeks of no money, but 6 weeks is just too long.

Does anyone know if there is anything I will receive immediately after the baby is born?
What is family tax? How much is it?