2011 Australian Baby Bonus News Site.
Are you better receiving the Australian Baby Bonus or do you get a better financial result with the Paid Parental Scheme. It can be complicated, see below for details.
How is the Baby Bonus paid?
The baby bonus will be cut from $5400 to $5000 from September 2012, and frozen at that level for a further three years, until then the
Baby Bonus is paid per eligible child in 13 fortnightly instalments. From 1 July 2011, customers eligible to receive Baby Bonus will get a higher first instalment of $879.77 and 12 fortnightly instalments of approximately $379.77. The higher first instalment of Baby Bonus will assist with the upfront costs of having a new child.
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Am I eligible for baby bonus????
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17-10-2008, 02:38 PM
Am I eligible for baby bonus????
I was just wondering that i recently got permanent in Australia and expecting in dec 2008 
. When we filled our application for permanent residency there was a condition that i cannot get any payment for unemployment and other social security benefits for two years....2 years of waiting period. Will I get baby bonus then????
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22-10-2008, 04:54 PM
A claimant meets the Australian residency requirements if the claimant has legal residence status and is living in Australia on a permanent basis. Eligibility may be maintained during a temporary absence from Australia for up to three years.
To have legal residence status for the purposes of Family Assistance payments you must be:
an Australian citizen; or
the holder of a permanent visa;
According to the Government webiste Centrelink, it states that you are eligible for the baby bonus if you were eligible for family tax benefit Part A.
If you then check to see if you are eligible for Family Tax Benefit Part A, it states:
To lodge a claim and qualify for Family Tax Benefit Part A, you must be:
An Australian resident - this means you have been living in Australia on a permanent basis and you are either:
- an Australian citizen, or
- the holder of a permanent resident visa, or
- the holder of Special Category Visa - someone who arrived on a NZ passport, or
the holder of a particular temporary visa - these are known as "spouse provisional" or "interdependency" or "temporary protection" visas.
Therefore based on this because you would appear to be entitled to Family Benefit A (which is not a social security unemployment benefit), you would be entitled to the Baby Bonus.
Thats my take on it, however I would contact FAO to double check.
Good luck
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