Most viewed payments for Higher education

1. Top payments
2. ABSTUDY Fares Allowance

How to manage your ABSTUDY Fares Allowance

Your options and obligations for ABSTUDY Fares Allowance.

Queensland (QLD) approved special courses for ABSTUDY away from home rate

You may get a higher rate of ABSTUDY if you live away from home to study an approved special course in QLD.

1. ABSTUDY Living Allowance
2. How we pay it

Hostels with an active agreement with ABSTUDY

We can pay ABSTUDY payments directly to a hostel with an active ABSTUDY Standard Hostels Agreement each term on your behalf.

1. Top payments
2. ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement

How to manage ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement

Your options and obligations for the ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement.

1. Who can get it
2. Types of travel

ABSTUDY Fares Allowance for emergency travel

Help for secondary and tertiary ABSTUDY students who need to travel during an emergency.

1. Dependent or independent
2. Reviewable independence

Independent for ABSTUDY if you’re 16 or older and return to live in an Indigenous community

You may be independent if you’re 16 or older and meet certain criteria.

1. Who can get it
2. Getting a medical certificate

What happens when you give us a medical certificate for Austudy

We use your medical certificate to work out if you can get an exemption from your study requirements for a certain time. This is so you can keep getting Austudy.

1. Who can get it
2. Types of travel

ABSTUDY Fares Allowance for graduation travel

Help for tertiary students to travel to and from their graduation ceremony.

1. Who can get it
2. Costs it covers

ABSTUDY Fares Allowance for car travel

ABSTUDY Fares Allowance can cover the cost of car travel.

Limited program schools in Palmerston for ABSTUDY and Youth Allowance

Information about Limited program schools in Palmerston for ABSTUDY and Youth Allowance.