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Parental Leave Pay for a baby born or adopted from 1 July 2026: how many days, how much before tax, and whether you pass the income test.
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For a child born or adopted on or after 1 July 2026, the Paid Parental Leave scheme pays up to 130 days of Parental Leave Pay, which is 26 weeks of five working days. The daily rate is 7.6 times the hourly national minimum wage: $200.94 a day from 1 July 2026, or $1,004.70 for a five-day week, before tax. A claimant who is single when claiming can take all 130 days; a partnered claimant can take up to 110, with 20 days reserved for the other parent unless an exemption applies. Over the full entitlement, a single claimant receives $26,122 before tax. To qualify you must meet a work test and an income test: an adjusted taxable income of $186,487 or less in the reference year, or a family income of $386,525 or less. Family Tax Benefit Part B is not paid on the days Parental Leave Pay is paid.
Parental Leave Pay, before tax
$22,103
110 days at $200.94 a day ($1,005 a week)
| Most days you can claim | 110 |
| Days paid | 110 |
| Weeks | 22 |
| Fortnightly instalment | $2,009 |
For a child born or adopted from 1 July 2026. 20 days stay reserved for your partner. How this is worked out.
How the entitlement has grown
Parental Leave Pay has been extended step by step: 100 days for children born from 1 July 2023, 110 from 1 July 2024, 120 from 1 July 2025 and 130 from 1 July 2026 (Paid Parental Leave Guide 2.9). The reserved share for the second parent rose with it, to 20 days for children born from 1 July 2026. The date that matters is the child's date of birth or adoption, not the date of the claim.
| Claimant | Most days | Weeks | Total before tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single at claim | 130 | 26 | $26,122 |
| Partnered at claim | 110 | 22 | $22,103 |
| The other parent (reserved) | 20 | 4 | $4,019 |
The rate
Each day of Parental Leave Pay is paid at the daily national minimum wage amount, $200.94, which is $26.44 times 7.6 hours, rounded (Paid Parental Leave Guide 3.1). It is the same for everyone, whatever their usual salary, and it is taxable. It rises each 1 July with the minimum wage; a day falling on 1 July is paid at the new rate. An employer may pass the payment on through its payroll, but the amount is set by the scheme.
The two tests
The work test checks your attachment to work in the 392 days, about 13 months, before the birth or adoption: you need a qualifying period of 295 consecutive days, about 10 months, made of days on which you did at least an hour of paid work or paid leave or that fall within a permitted break, and at least 330 hours of work within it. Work for several employers counts, and so do days of Parental Leave Pay for an earlier child (Paid Parental Leave Guide 2.2.2). The calculator asks the work test as a yes or no question. The income test is checked on adjusted taxable income for the reference year: you pass if your own income is $186,487 or less, or if your family income is $386,525 or less (Paid Parental Leave Guide 2.3.4). The income test guide explains the reference year and the family test.