Most useful information for retraining

Parental Leave Pay counted as income

We treat Parental Leave Pay as taxable income. This means it counts in your income test for payments from us.

Vocational Education and Training - VET Student Loans

Eligible students can get a VET Student Loan (VSL) to access higher level VET qualifications.

1. Asset types
2. Private trusts and companies

Trust reviews

How we check that you correctly report the income you receive from a trust.

1. Student Start-up Loan
2. Who can get it

Student Start-up Loan approved courses

You must be studying a Student Start-up Loan approved course to be eligible for the loan.

1. Student Start-up Loan
2. Who can get it

Student Start-up Loan periods and payments

There are 2 loan periods each calendar year.

1. Student Start-up Loan
2. How to manage your loan

Paying back the Student Start-up Loan

You pay back the Student Start-up Loan through the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) when your income is more than the minimum repayment threshold.

1. Relocation Scholarship
2. Who can get it

Relocation Scholarship for independent students

To get a Relocation Scholarship as an independent student you must have a special reason.

1. Relocation Scholarship
2. Who can get it

Family home location for a Relocation Scholarship

Where your family home is determines if you can get a Relocation Scholarship and your payment rate in your second and third years of study.

1. Relocation Scholarship
2. Who can get it

Relocation Scholarship after you turn 22

Most people won’t qualify for a Relocation Scholarship after they turn 22.

1. Relocation Scholarship
2. What are the study rules and courses

Approved scholarship courses for Relocation Scholarship

Your course must be an approved scholarship course to get Relocation Scholarship.