Payments and services for Australian Apprentices
If you’re an Australian Apprentice, you may be eligible for payment or some extra help.
Who we define as an Australian Apprentice
An Australian Apprentice is someone who is both:
- registered with the Australian Apprenticeship scheme
- doing a full time apprenticeship or traineeship.
The payments and services on this page only apply to Australian Apprentices who meet this definition.
Payments and services for Australian Apprentices
Use our payment and service finder
The best first step you can take is to use our Payment and Service finder.
Help with living costs
Check if you’re eligible for 1 of these payments:
- Youth Allowance is a payment if you’re 24 or younger and studying, an Australian Apprentice, looking for work or sick
- Austudy is financial help if you’re a student or an Australian Apprentice, 25 or older
- ABSTUDY is a group of payments for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students or Australian Apprentices.
Help with rent and health care
You may also get:
- Rent Assistance to help you pay your rent if you get certain payments from us
- Low Income Health Care Card to help you get cheaper health care and some discounts.
Help if you’re sick, injured or living with disability
If you’re sick or injured
Call the Youth and students line if you get an injury or short term illness that means you can’t work or study. We can update your circumstances and discuss your options.
Financial help if you’re living with disability
Youth Disability Supplement is an extra payment for eligible Australian Apprentices with disability. You may get it if you're all of the following:
- are younger than 22
- are getting an eligible payment
- have a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability that prevents you from working at least 30 hours per week.
More help and information
Australian Apprenticeships has up to date information for Apprentices. If you’re thinking of doing an apprenticeship, it can help you work out options.
You can use Payment and Service Finder to find help in your local area. It also has information and help from local organisations.
My Skills is the national directory of Vocational Education and Training (VET) organisations and courses. It lets you search for, and compare, courses and providers.
MoneySmart can help you make the most of your money. Read the Student loans section on the MoneySmart website.
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Page last updated: 10 December 2020
This information was printed 8 May 2021 from https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/payments-and-services-australian-apprentices. It may not include all of the relevant information on this topic. Please consider any relevant site notices at https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/site-notices when using this material.