ABSTUDY Incidentals Allowance
A payment to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with the cost of starting or continuing study or training.
We pay the allowance in 1 instalment for any of the following:
- when you start a course, apprenticeship or traineeship
- up to 4 weeks before you return to study in the new year, if you’re continuing a course
- at the start of each year you do your apprenticeship or traineeship.
Page last updated: 2 November 2020
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