2011 Australian Baby Bonus News Site.

My husband and I are here as temporary residents waiting to apply for permanent residency. We just found out we are expecting our first child in June.

We do not have health insurance, and we are not covered under medicare. So the bonus would really help us out. The only problem is that I'm not sure if we qualify with the visa we are on. Can anyone help? We are on the 457 Temporary Visa.

Cheers!

Looks like you may not be eligible as a 457 Visa is only a 4 year work sponsorship visa. The Family Assistance office list the following items to be eligible (i assume you are not an Aussie citizen):

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; or
a New Zealand citizen who arrived on a New Zealand passport; or
the holder of one of the following visas:
subclass 070 Bridging (Removal Pending)
subclass 309 Spouse (Provisional)
subclass 310 Interdependency (Provisional)
subclass 447 Secondary Movement Offshore Entry
subclass 451 Secondary Movement Relocation
subclass 695 Return Pending Visa
subclass 820 Spouse (Provisional)
subclass 826 Interdependency (Provisional)
subclass 785 Temporary Protection
subclass 786 Temporary (Humanitarian Concern)
subclass 787 Temporary Witness Protection (Trafficking)
Criminal Justice Stay Visa issued under subsection 155(2) of the Migration Act 1958