Top payments for higher education

1. ABSTUDY Living Allowance
2. How much you can get

Reasonable time for ABSTUDY Living Allowance and ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement

You can get ABSTUDY Living Allowance or ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement for a certain period of time. We call this reasonable time.

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

Managing your money while studying or training

We can help you take away some of the financial stresses while you’re studying or training. We’ve got tips and tools to help.

1. Income Bank
2. How to manage your credits

Check your Income Bank balance

You can check your Income Bank balance online.

1. Top payments
2. Youth Disability Supplement

Who can get Youth Disability Supplement

You’ll automatically get the Youth Disability Supplement if you’re under 21, and you get Disability Support Pension (DSP).

1. Fares Allowance
2. Who can get it

Fares Allowance if you study by distance and online

You may get Fares Allowance to attend compulsory activities for your study.

What the personal and partner assets tests for ABSTUDY Living Allowance and School Fees Allowance higher rate are

We use the assets test to help us work out if you can get ABSTUDY and how much you’ll get.

1. Retirement years
2. Most useful information

International bank account form (AUS178)

Use this form to tell us your bank account details if you can get your Centrelink payment outside Australia.

1. How much you can get
2. Higher rates when living away from home

What criteria you need to meet to get a higher rate of ABSTUDY Living Allowance

To get a higher rate of your ABSTUDY payment there are certain criteria you need to meet.

Reviewable independence for ABSTUDY

We might consider you as independent under the reviewable criteria.

1. ABSTUDY
2. High school, university or other higher education students

ABSTUDY for masters or doctorate study

There’s ABSTUDY support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students doing a masters or doctorate.