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To help partners bond with their new baby, eligible working partners of children born or adopted after 1 January 2013 may be entitled to a single ‘dad and partner pay'. It is a one-off payment of up to two weeks at the national minimum wage (currently $672.60 per week before tax).

To be eligible you must have worked at least 330 hours across 10 of the 13 months prior to the birth of your child, but your annual salary must also be less than $150 000. You can be eligible if you work full time, part time, casually, seasonally, on contract or in a family business. You cannot be working or receiving paid leave during the period of claiming the dad and partner pay.

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In addition to dad and partner pay, families may be eligible for other family assistance such as paid parental leave and the Family Tax Benefit.

Claims must be lodged by the partner who is eligible to receive the payment. You can claim the dad and partner pay up to three months in advance or within a year following your child's birth or adoption. Employers are not required to pay this entitlement as it is solely administered and paid by the Department of Human Services.