If you moved away for study, the Tertiary Access Payment may help with costs

Published: 16 June 2025

If this is your first year of tertiary study with no gap year, you may be eligible to get the one-off payment of up to $5,000 to help with the costs of moving.

The Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) is a one-off payment available for students moving from a regional or remote area for study.

You could get either:

  • $5,000 in 2 instalments if you’re from an outer regional or remote area
  • $3,000 as one lump sum if you’re from an inner regional area.

Claiming the TAP payment won’t stop you from getting other payments from us.

Watch our video to learn more about TAP.

Transcript | Watch on YouTube

Subscribe to news

If you haven't already, please subscribe to our News and we'll send you regular news highlights. You can also opt out at any time. Read more about our email news privacy policy.

Life events

RSS News feed

Our RSS service alerts you to updates to this page. You can connect to our RSS feeds with your favourite RSS reader.

News for Work RSS feed

Page last updated: 16 June 2025.
QC 74302