Youth Allowance
Financial help if you’re 24 or younger and a student or Australian Apprentice, or 21 or younger and looking for work.
- 16 to 21 and looking for full time work
- 18 to 24 and studying full time
- 16 to 24 and doing a full time Australian Apprenticeship
- 16 to 17 and independent or needing to live away from home to study
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16 to 17, studying full time and have completed year 12 or equivalent.
Page last updated: 20 April 2020
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