Victoria · checked 14 Aug 2026
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82 payments, rebates, concessions and free services a family in Victoria can claim. Every one checked against its official government source. Work down the list and tick what you’ve already done — most parents find at least one they didn’t know about.
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Payments18
Carer Payment (caring for a child with severe disability)
Up to $1,200.90/fortnight (single, incl. supplements)
Services Australia →Child Disability Assistance Payment
Up to $1,000/year per eligible child, paid automatically
Services Australia →Essential Medical Equipment Payment
$203/year per piece of eligible equipment (plus $203 for medically-required heating/cooling)
Services Australia →Family Tax Benefit Part A
Up to $306.46 per child per fortnight (max rate, child 13+), plus a year-end supplement of up to $970.90 per child
Services Australia →Family Tax Benefit Part A supplement
Up to $970.90 per child for the 2026-27 financial year, paid after year-end balancing
Services Australia →Family Tax Benefit Part B
Up to $200.34 per family per fortnight (youngest child under 5), plus a year-end supplement of up to $478.15
Services Australia →FTB Part A Multiple Birth Allowance
$203.70 a fortnight for triplets, or $271.32 a fortnight for quadruplets or more
Services Australia →Newborn Supplement
Up to $2,125.76 over 13 weeks for your first child; up to $709.80 for subsequent children
Services Australia →Parental Leave Pay
Up to $26,122 before tax if you take all 130 days in 2026-27 — $1,004.70 per 5-day week for babies born or adopted from 1 July 2026
Services Australia →Parenting Payment (partnered)
Up to $748.20 a fortnight including Energy Supplement (up to $866.00 basic if separated due to illness, respite care or prison)
Services Australia →Parenting Payment (single)
Up to $1,066.30 a fortnight — including Pension Supplement, Pharmaceutical Allowance and Energy Supplement
Services Australia →Rent Assistance (families with children)
Up to $291.48/fortnight for families with 3+ children ($257.88 with 1-2 children)
Services Australia →Utility Relief Grant Scheme (URGS)
Up to $650 per utility (or $1,300 single-energy homes) every 2 years for overdue bills
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (Victoria) →Bereavement Payment (death of a child)
Up to 14 weeks of continued family payments
Services Australia →
Subsidies10
Additional Child Care Subsidy (Child Wellbeing)
Usually covers the full childcare cost (up to 120% of the hourly cap) for children needing wellbeing support
Services Australia →Additional Child Care Subsidy (Grandparent)
Covers up to 100% of childcare fees (to 120% of the hourly cap) for 100 hrs/fortnight — usually the full cost
Services Australia →Additional Child Care Subsidy (Temporary Financial Hardship)
Usually covers the full childcare cost (up to 120% of the hourly cap) for up to 13 weeks
Services Australia →Additional Child Care Subsidy (Transition to Work)
95% of childcare fees covered (up to 95% of the hourly cap) while you move off income support into work or study
Services Australia →Child Care Subsidy (CCS)
Up to 90% of childcare fees covered (95% for younger siblings) — worth $10,000s a year
Services Australia →Early Start Kindergarten
Free kinder from age 3 (up to 15 hrs/wk) for priority cohort children, plus guaranteed Pre-Prep hours
Department of Education (Victoria) →Free Kinder
Free Kinder — saves up to $2,627 per child per year at sessional services
Department of Education (Victoria) →Get Active Kids Voucher Program
Between roundsUp to $200 per child per round towards sport costs (concession families)
Sport and Recreation Victoria (Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions) →Pre-Prep (Four-Year-Old Kindergarten expansion)
Up to 30 hours/week of free 4-year-old kinder (rolling out by LGA to 2036)
Department of Education (Victoria) →Private Health Insurance Rebate
Government pays up to 24.118% of your private health premium — family thresholds rise $1,500 per extra child
Australian Taxation Office / Services Australia →
Concessions & rebates7
Health Care Card
Cheaper PBS medicines and concessions — issued automatically, no claim needed
Services Australia →Low Income Health Care Card
Cheaper medicines and concessions — income limit $11,080 per 8 weeks for a single parent with one child
Services Australia →Annual Electricity Concession
17.5% off your electricity bill, all year round (concession card holders)
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (Victoria) →Free public transport for children (Youth myki and under-5 free travel)
Free public transport for under-18s — saves up to $755 per child per year
Transport Victoria / Department of Transport and Planning →Winter Gas Concession
17.5% off gas bills from 1 May to 31 October (concession card holders)
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (Victoria) →Lifetime Health Cover loading
2% premium loading for every year you're over 30 when you first take out hospital cover, capped at 70%
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (privatehealth.gov.au) →Medicare Levy Surcharge — the family threshold
Family threshold is $210,000 for 2026-27 (vs $105,000 single), +$1,500 per child after the first
Australian Taxation Office →
Superannuation6
Paid Parental Leave Superannuation Contribution (PPLSC)
Extra 12% of your Parental Leave Pay paid into your super — automatically, no claim needed
Australian Taxation Office →Carry-forward (catch-up) concessional super contributions
Bank unused before-tax super cap for up to 5 years — catch up after parental leave
Australian Taxation Office →Low Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO)
Up to $500 a year back into your super if you earn $37,000 or less — automatic, no claim
Australian Taxation Office →Splitting your super contributions with your spouse
Move up to 85% of a year's before-tax super into your spouse's account — evens out a career break
Australian Taxation Office →
Health & Medicare28
Better Access initiative — mental health treatment plan
Medicare rebates for up to 10 individual + 10 group psychology sessions per calendar year
Department of Health →Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS)
Up to $1,158 of basic dental per child over 2 calendar years
Services Australia →Enrolling your baby in Medicare
Free — unlocks bulk billing, free vaccines, CDBS and the Safety Net for your baby
Services Australia →GP Chronic Condition Management Plan (GPCCMP)
Up to 5 Medicare-rebated allied health visits per calendar year for a child with a chronic condition
Department of Health →Medicare Safety Nets (family registration)
Higher Medicare rebates once family out-of-pocket costs pass $594.40 (OMSN) in 2026
Services Australia →Medicare services for pregnancy and birth
Bulk-billed or subsidised antenatal care, birth services, free pregnancy vaccines and 3 counselling sessions
Services Australia →National Immunisation Program (NIP) — childhood vaccines
All scheduled childhood vaccines free from birth to age 4 — and required to keep full FTB Part A and CCS
Department of Health →NDIS early childhood approach
Free pathway to early supports and NDIS access for children under 9 with delay or disability
NDIA →Child restraint fitting stations (VIC)
Trained fitters statewide — official advice is that 70%+ of restraints are installed or used incorrectly
Department of Transport and Planning (Transport Victoria) →Early Parenting Centres (day stay and residential programs)
Free day-stay and residential sleep, settling and parenting programs (0-4 years)
Department of Health (Victoria) →Enhanced Maternal and Child Health (EMCH) Program
Free intensive nurse home-visiting support for families needing extra help (birth to 3)
Department of Health (Victoria), delivered with local councils →Glasses for Kids
Free vision screening and free glasses at school — saves families up to $600
Department of Education (Victoria), delivered by State Schools' Relief →Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Service — Key Ages and Stages visits
10 free nurse health and development checks from birth to 3.5 years
Department of Health (Victoria), delivered with local councils →Maternal and Child Health Line (24/7)
Free 24/7 nurse advice line for parents — 13 22 29
Department of Health (Victoria) →Newborn Bloodspot Screening (heel prick test)
Free newborn screening for 34 rare, serious conditions
Department of Health (Victoria), with Victorian Clinical Genetics Services →Sleep and Settling Support (via MCH Service)
Free sleep and settling assessment, strategies and factsheets through your MCH nurse
Department of Health (Victoria), delivered by council MCH services →Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP)
Free newborn hearing check for every Victorian baby
Department of Health (Victoria), delivered by The Royal Children's Hospital →1800RESPECT
Free confidential 24/7 family violence counselling — 1800 737 732 (call, text or chat)
Australian Government Department of Social Services (delivered by Telstra Health) →Adding your newborn to your private health policy
Switch to a family policy before the birth, or your baby starts their own waiting periods
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (privatehealth.gov.au) →Carer Gateway
Free counselling, respite and support packages for parent-carers — 1800 422 737
Australian Government Department of Social Services (delivered by regional Carer Gateway service providers) →healthdirect helpline
Free 24/7 nurse advice line for sick kids and after-hours health worries — 1800 022 222
Healthdirect Australia (funded by the Australian Government and state/territory governments) →Medicare Mental Health phone service
Free mental health service navigation line — 1800 595 212, no referral needed
Australian Government Department of Health (Medicare Mental Health, formerly Head to Health) →MensLine Australia
Free 24/7 counselling line for dads and men — 1300 78 99 78
Australian Government Department of Social Services (delivered by MensLine Australia) →National Breastfeeding Helpline
Free 24/7 breastfeeding helpline — 1800 686 268 (1800 mum 2 mum)
Australian Government Department of Health (delivered by the Australian Breastfeeding Association) →PANDA National Perinatal Mental Health Helpline
Free national perinatal mental health helpline — 1300 726 306
Australian Government Department of Health (delivered by Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia) →Pregnancy, Birth and Baby
Free pregnancy and parenting helpline with maternal child health nurses — 1800 882 436, 7am-midnight daily
Australian Government Department of Health (operated by Healthdirect Australia) →Private health: the 12-month pregnancy waiting period
Buy obstetric cover ~3 months before you conceive, or it won't cover this birth — a private birth can cost thousands out of pocket
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (privatehealth.gov.au) →Red Nose Grief and Loss Support Line
Free 24/7 grief and loss support after miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death — 1300 308 307
Australian Government Department of Health (delivered by Red Nose Australia) →
Your rights at work5
Keeping in touch days
Up to 10 paid keeping in touch days (20 if leave is extended)
Fair Work Ombudsman →Pregnant employee entitlements: safe job, no safe job leave and special parental leave
Safe job transfer or paid no safe job leave; unpaid special parental leave
Fair Work Ombudsman →Right to request flexible working arrangements
Right to request flexible work; employer must respond in 21 days
Fair Work Ombudsman →Unpaid parental leave (National Employment Standards)
12 months unpaid leave, plus right to request 12 more
Fair Work Ombudsman →Your employer's paid parental leave (and how to look it up)
Employer PPL stacks on top of government Parental Leave Pay — look your employer up on WGEA
Workplace Gender Equality Agency →
Free stuff & services8
Supported Playgroups (including smalltalk)
Free facilitated playgroup sessions with parenting support (0 to school age)
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing / Department of Education (Victoria), run by local councils →Victorian Baby Bundle
Free Baby Bundle for first-time parents — worth up to $150
Department of Health (Victoria) →Community playgroups (Playgroup Australia network)
Government-funded local playgroups for babies and preschoolers, including free supported playgroups
Australian Government Department of Social Services (delivered by Playgroup Australia and state/territory playgroup organisations) →Raising Children Network
Free government-funded parenting website — 800+ expert-reviewed topics from pregnancy to teens
Australian Government Department of Health (delivered by Murdoch Children's Research Institute / Centre for Community Child Health and the Parenting Research Centre) →Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National)
Free 24/7 phone interpreting in 160+ languages to access parenting and health services — 131 450
Australian Government Department of Home Affairs →1000 Books Before School (public library early literacy program)
Open nowFree reading challenge with milestone rewards — join at your local library, any book counts
Public library services (council and regional library corporations) →Bounty Bags (Parent-to-Be and New Parent)
Open nowNot a government programTwo free sample bags — one at 12–14 weeks, one within 48 hours of birth. Ask if you're not offered one
Bounty Parents (commercial — not a government program) →Hospital-grade breast pump hire (Australian Breastfeeding Association)
Open nowNot a government programHire a hospital-grade electric pump instead of buying one — 50% off for ABA members
Australian Breastfeeding Association (charity — not a government program) →
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