Parental leave incentive

Parental leave incentive

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing parental leave incentive supports registrars taking leave for the birth, adoption or long-term fostering of a child under 16, or following stillbirth (after 20 weeks’ gestation) or infant death on or after 1 January 2026.

• Eligible primary caregivers may receive up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave and eligible secondary caregivers may receive up to two weeks.
• The incentive must be taken as a single block.
• Submit the AGPT application for leave.
• Payments are calculated pro-rata (based on the registrar’s FTE for the majority of the current training term, as determined by the RACGP).
• Payments are made monthly in arrears, after your leave has started or as soon as the completed application is processed when submitted later.