primary · Services Australia
All recipients, Per day (before tax)
$200.94 / day
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.11, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
I need paid parental leave · Services Australia
Parental Leave Pay
Taxable parental leave paid at the national minimum wage for a set number of days. Income limits apply. It is not Parenting Payment.
$200.94 / day
Hover the amount for four other currencies (live rate).
Who it is for
Eligible working parents of a newborn or recently adopted child.
A Commonwealth leave payment. Employer-paid parental leave and private maternity cover are separate contracts.
ISSA (1 January 2024) — Design (ISSA 2024)
Paid parental leave is a flat national-minimum-wage rate for a set number of days, with an income test. ISSA’s 2024 weekly amount is below the 2026 booklet — Compass keeps 2026. Employer-paid sick leave sits outside this cash scheme.
Conditions
- Work
- Work test and income test. Individual and family income limits are in the current booklet.
- Leave
- Days can be taken as a continuous block or in flexible periods, subject to the scheme rules in force.
Primary source first. A disputed or stale figure stays visible. Hover a rand or dollar figure for four other currencies. W weekly · F fortnightly · M monthly · A annually.
primary · Services Australia
All recipients, Per week (before tax)
$1,004.70 / week
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.11, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
All recipients, Year assessed
$180,007 / year
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.11, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
All recipients
$186,487 / year
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.11, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
, Year assessed
$373,094 / year
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.11, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
primary · Services Australia
Rate
$386,525 / year
From 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19
Guide p.11, 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19.
stale · International Social Security Association
ISSA 1 Jan 2024 — weekly rate
A$882.75 / week
From 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
2026 booklet is $1,004.70 a week ($200.94 a day). Keep 2026.
Cross-checks
- agrees A guide to Australian Government payments Rates from co029-2607 (2026-07-01 to 2026-09-19).
- disagrees ISSA country profile — Australia ISSA Country profiles: Australia, policies as of 1 January 2024 (https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=796). Amounts lag the 1 July 2026 payments guide (co029-2607). Compass keeps 2026.
How to apply
Services Australia Parental Leave Pay claim. An employer may pay it, or Services Australia can pay you.
Methodology
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Maximum rates from Services Australia. Pensions and most allowances index on 20 March and 20 September. FTB indexes 1 July. Income and assets tests can pay less than the maximum. Current Compass figures are overlaid from the 1 July–19 September 2026 payments guide (co029-2607). Change this row in Core AU and the Compass follows.
- Read the live Services Australia page for that payment.
- Cross-check A guide to Australian Government payments for the current quarter (Core AU job payments_guide_quarterly).
- Do not treat a September-preview blog figure as in force before indexation day.