The baby bonus is a payment from the Tax Office you may be entitled to if you had a baby or gained legal responsibility for a child aged under five, between 1 July 2001 and 30 June 2004.
Usually, it is the mother of the child who is eligible for the baby bonus.
If you are already claiming the baby bonus, you may continue to claim it until your child turns five.
The payment is paid whether or not you get any other family benefits.
You can claim the baby bonus even if you:
do not pay tax
do not lodge a tax return
do not have any income
have other children who do not meet the baby bonus requirements.
The baby bonus was replaced by the maternity payment from 1 July 2004. You may be entitled to the maternity payment if your baby was born on or after 1 July 2004. The maternity payment is administered by Centrelink.
From 1 July 2007 the name of the payment has been changed back to baby bonus.
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