it depens on how much you earn, if you get money from the father, if you still live or married in realtionship with father what his income is ect. you may also need to be living in aust for up to 2 years or longer, the link i have provided is where u get money from the govt as in the doll, youth allowence, child support ect. worth taking a look at. but ur probably better to wait until you are in australia to go into the closet centrelink to u, they have one in every town, and talk to one of the people in there