For parents and carers—Our Kids Count

It’s important to register the birth of your bub. It helps them access rights and opportunities like enrolling in day care, school and sports.

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What you need to know about registering bub

The hospital, Medicare and Centrelink do not register bub.

Read the video transcript

Meet Shelby a Kamilaroi and Wanaruah woman and a mum of two

Shelby: Most people that I spoke to don't actually know that they have to register their baby and that it's very important to do so.

They just think that once they have baby that is it.

You have to register your baby, so they get better opportunities.

Joanne: It's easy, it's free, and there is plenty of support out there. Whether it's through    your midwife, through your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health service, through Births, Deaths and Marriages.

The important message is, let's make our kids count.

Shelby: Register your bubs, our kids count.

How to register bub

To register your bub’s birth, choose whether you will do it:

• online
• by post
• in person.

If you don't have access to a printer to print the birth registration application form, ask us to send you one below or visit in person.

Online

You can register a birth online.

You may also choose to order and pay for a certificate at the same time.

It takes about 20 minutes and you will need 2 forms of ID—such as driver licence, Medicare card, or birth certificate—for both parents.

Don’t have 2 forms of ID for both parents? Call us on 13 74 68—we’re here to help.

Unable to complete online

By post

Ask for a form by ticking the box below, tell us your details, and we will post a birth registration form to you.

It’s free to post back to us using the reply-paid envelope we send along.

1. Request a form

2. Please post me the form I need to register my bub.
3. Your name

   1. First name *
   2. Family name *
   3. Acknowledgement

      * By using this online service and giving a postal address, I agree to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) using that address to send me the form I need to register my bub.
4. Your postal address

   1. Address line 1 *
   2. Address line 2
   3. Address line 3
   4. 1. Town, city or suburb *
      2. State or territory *
      3. Postcode *

In person

Fill in the birth registration form at any of the following locations:

• one of our agents at your local courthouse or Queensland Government Agent Program (QGAP) office
• come in to see us at Level 32, 180 Ann Street, Brisbane.

If you want to purchase a birth certificate at the same time, fill in the birth certificate application form too.

We don't send a birth certificate unless you order and pay for one when you submit your bub’s birth registration.

Check out if we are visiting your community.

Community visits

We visit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to help parents:

• register bubs’ births
• get birth certificates.

Find out about our upcoming visits.

Commemorative birth certificates

Sageraw Paykaw (South East Butterfly)

This is Matilda Nona’s representation of ‘Sageraw Paykaw’, meaning ‘South East Butterfly’ to the Badu Island people in the Torres Strait.

The little blue and yellow butterflies represent new beginnings like the birth of a child. The Island women would do eggy (funny dance) when seeing these butterflies—the same dance Aunts do when a child is born. It’s a celebration of the journey because our kids count.

Check out the Sageraw Paykaw (South East Butterfly) commemorative birth certificate now available.

Birthing Tree (Artii Nganthi)

Contact us

If you’re unsure about anything, get in touch. We’re here to help.

Online: our general enquiry form.

By phone: local call* 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or international +61 7 3022 6100 (+10 hours UTC)—phone lines are open Monday to Friday, 8.30am–4.30pm.

*Costs may be higher from mobile phones and interstate.