Top payments for higher education

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Fares Allowance

Helps with travel costs between your permanent home and your place of tertiary study in Australia.

  1. Rent Assistance
  2. Who can get it

Rent types for Rent Assistance

Rent is an amount you pay to live in accommodation someone else owns. There are different types of rent that apply if you get Rent Assistance.

  1. Higher education
  2. Top payments

ABSTUDY School Term Allowance

A payment to help parents or guardians of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students. They need to be living at home.

  1. Contact us
  2. How to get more information from us

Explanations and formal reviews

Find out what you can do if you want more information or disagree with a decision we've made.

  1. Tertiary Access Payment
  2. Who can get it

Parental income limits for Tertiary Access Payment

We check your parents’ or guardians’ income when you claim Tertiary Access Payment.

  1. Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices
  2. Who can get it

Allowable time for study while getting Youth Allowance

There’s an allowable time limit on how long you’ll get Youth Allowance. We base it on the minimum time it normally takes to complete your course as a full time student.

  1. Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices
  2. How to report and manage your payment

Change of circumstances while getting Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices

You must tell us if things change when you’re getting Youth Allowance for students and Australian Apprentices as it may affect your payment.

  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. Permanent independence
  2. If you’re independent through work

Independent for Youth Allowance through full time work

You may be independent for Youth Allowance if you worked full time. You must have worked an average of 30 hours a week for at least 18 months within any 2 year period.

Working Credit

Lets you keep more of your income support payment and benefits if you're working.

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