- Housing
- Moving house
Moving for study
There is support available if you move to start studying or training.
Balancing your family assistance payments
After the financial year ends, we balance your payments to make sure you got the right amount.
- Raising kids
- Child health and safety
Childhood safety
Information and resources to help you keep your child safe.
- Raising kids
- Child health and safety
Childhood wellbeing
Wellbeing comes from physical, mental and emotional health. For children and young people, there are many things that build wellbeing.
- Raising kids
- Child health and safety
Children’s health care
We cover some or all of your child’s health care costs.
- Raising kids
- Growing up
Teenage years
Find out how payments and services for you or your child change as they get older.
Voluntary Income Management and BasicsCard
You may have volunteered for Income Management because you needed help managing your payments.
- Permanent independence
- If you’re independent through work
Independent for Youth Allowance through full time work
You may be independent for Youth Allowance if you’ve worked an average of 30 hours a week for 18 months within a 2 year period.
Approved courses and education providers
You must study an approved course at an approved education provider to get Youth Allowance, Austudy, or Pensioner Education Supplement.
- Who can get it
- Dependent or independent
Permanent independence for Youth Allowance for students and Australian apprentices
If you’re 22 or older we’ll treat you as permanently independent. We may also do this in certain circumstances.