Western Australia · checked 14 Aug 2026
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82 payments, rebates, concessions and free services a family in Western Australia 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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Payments20
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 →Hardship Utility Grant Scheme (HUGS)
HUGS — up to $640/yr ($1,060 in the north) toward unpaid utility bills
Department of Communities WA →Secondary Assistance Scheme
Between roundsSecondary Assistance Scheme — $350/yr toward secondary school costs ($235 + $115)
Department of Education WA →WA Student Assistance Payment (WASAP)
Open nowWA Student Assistance Payment — $150 for every kindy and primary student in 2026
Department of Education WA / ServiceWA →Bereavement Payment (death of a child)
Up to 14 weeks of continued family payments
Services Australia →
Subsidies9
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 →KidSport
KidSport — up to $300/year toward sport club fees for kids 5-18
Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport →Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS)
PATS — 40c/km travel and up to $110/night accommodation for country kids' specialist care
WA Country Health Service →VacSwim school holiday swimming lessons
VacSwim — free summer holiday swimming lessons; October programs from $16.50
Department of Education WA →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 & rebates8
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 →Dependent Child Rebate (electricity)
Dependent Child Rebate — $396.56/yr off electricity for your first child, $103.91 each extra
Energy Policy WA / Synergy / Horizon Power →Energy Assistance Payment (EAP)
Energy Assistance Payment — $377.14 off your power bills in 2026-27
Energy Policy WA / Synergy / Horizon Power →Transperth free and concession travel for children
Kids 4 and under ride free on Transperth — plus free Sundays for the whole family
Public Transport Authority of WA (Transperth) →Water Corporation service charge rebate (concession)
Up to 50% off water service charges for eligible concession card holders
Water Corporation / Department of Communities WA →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 & Medicare25
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 →Best Beginnings home visiting program
Best Beginnings — free home visits from pregnancy until your child turns 2
Department of Communities WA →Child car restraint fitting help (WA)
Free WA restraint query line 1300 780 713, plus Type 1 fitters and Type 2 anchor-point stations
Road Safety Commission WA / WALGA RoadWise →Community Child Health checks (Purple Book appointments)
Five free child health nurse checks from birth to school entry
Child and Adolescent Health Service (WA Health) →Ngala Parenting Line
Ngala Parenting Line — free expert parenting advice, 8am-8pm every day
Ngala (WA Government funded) →WA Newborn Bloodspot Screening Program
Free newborn bloodspot (heel-prick) screening for every WA baby
Department of Health WA →WA Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Free newborn hearing screen for every baby born in WA
Department of Health WA / Child and Adolescent Health Service →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 & services9
Better Beginnings family literacy program
Better Beginnings — free book packs for your baby and preschooler
State Library of Western Australia →Kindergarten (WA public schools)
Kindergarten — free 15 hrs/week in the year your child turns 4
Department of Education WA →KindiLink
KindiLink — free 6 hrs/week play-and-learn for 3-year-olds at 38 schools
Department of Education WA →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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