What's New?
This website is regularly updated to ensure the information about payments and services provided by the Family Assistance Office is accurate, up to date and useful. Listed below are new pages or items of interest that have recently been added to our site.
July 2009
Updated multilingual factsheets providing information about:- Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Rebate
- Family Tax Benefit Part A
- Family Tax Benefit Part B
- Reducing the risk of an overpayment
- What is Family Assistance
- Income and Family Assistance
- Baby Bonus and Maternity Immunisation Allowance
New Rates
Rates for the following payments were increased in July 2009:
- Changes to Family Tax Benefit
- Changes to the definition of income, for family assistance purposes
- Same sex relationships - From 1 July 2009, if you receive or claim family assistance and you are in a same-sex de facto relationship, you may be affected.
January 2009
Changes to Baby BonusFrom 1 January 2009, Baby Bonus will be subject to an income test and changes will be made to the way Baby Bonus is paid and access for adoptive parents will be extended. Find out more ...
Changes to Maternity Immunisation Allowance (MIA)
From 1 January 2009 changes to MIA will come into effect. These changes will affect the way MIA is paid and extend Eligibility for overseas adopted children. Find out more ...
July 2008
Updated multilingual fact sheets providing information about:- Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Tax Rebate
- Family Tax Benefit Part A
- Family Tax Benefit Part B
- Reducing the risk of an overpayment
- What is Family Assistance
New Rates
Rates for the following payments were increased in July 2008:
- Changes to Family Tax Benefit Part B - View Family Tax Benefit Part B details
- Changes to Child Care Benefit - View Child Care Benefit details
- Changes to Child Care Tax Rebate - View child care tax rebate details.
- JET Child Care - Changes to Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance.
- Changes to Fringe Benefits
There are changes to fringe benefits based on new legislation effective from 1 July 2008. For more information please visit the Changes to Fringe Benefits page.
May 2008
- National Families Week - 11 to 17 May 2008
National Families Week, from 11-17 May 2008, is a week-long celebration of families, which coincides with the UN International Day of Families.
January 2008
A Multiple Birth Allowance (MBA) is added to Family Tax Benefit Part A for a parent who has three or more children born during the same birth. Up until 31 December 2007, the MBA stopped when the children turned six years old.From 1 January 2008 the MBA will continue to be paid until:
- the children turn 16 years of age; or
- if at least three of the children are in full-time study, until the end of the calendar year in which the children turn 18 years of age.
September 2007
- New Rates
Rates for the following payments were increased on 20 September 2007:
July 2007
- New Rates
- Rates for the following payments were increased on 1 July 2007:
- Rates for Child Care Benefit were increased on 2 July 2007.
- Changes to Child Care Tax Rebate - View child care tax rebate details.
- JET Child Care - Changes to Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance.
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