Find Your Summer Body - 8 week challenge

Join Jenny Dugard from Body Beyond Baby to Find Your Summer Body before summer really hits.  You get 2x weekday training with nannies, Sat & Sunday training, online nutritional info and tracking, weekly do-at-home programs, chance to win a night at the Shangri-La hotel and MORE - can you afford not to??? ONLY 10 SPOTS LEFT....More info and to book your spot http://bodybeyondbaby.com.au/pages/Challenge.html

Baby and Toddler Show

The 2011 Baby and Toddler Show is on at Sydney Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour from 30th September to 2nd October. Loads of information and special deals to be found. Click here for more information.

Paid Parental Leave

As of 1st January 2011, the government will pay parental leave of $570 a week before tax to all parents who have a child come into their care by birth or adoption. This amount is taxed and lasts for 18 weeks. For more information, please visit Family Assistance Office.

Baby Bonus

The Baby Bonus is still available. You need to evaluate whether the Paid Parental Leave payment or the Baby Bonus is better for your individual circumstance as you can only claim one or the other and NOT both.

The current Baby Bonus payment is $5000 paid in fortnightly installments and is available to all families with a taxable income of less than $75,000 fo the period of 6 months from the date of birth of the child or six months from the date that an adopted child entered into your care.

For more information, visit Family Assistance Office.

Child Care Benefit - Registered Care

You are paid Child Care Benefit for registered care directly when you lodge a claim and provide your child care receipts to the Family Assistance Office.

The current registered care rate for a non school-age child in up to 50 hours of care per week is $0.615 per hour or $30.75 per week.

Payment rates for school-age children are 85% of the non school-age rate.

For more information, please visit the My Child.