Top payments for housing

1. Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
2. How to manage your payment

Change of circumstances when you get Assistance for Isolated Children

If your circumstances change, this may affect your eligibility and payment of Assistance for Isolated Children.

Independent for ABSTUDY through work

You may be independent if you’ve supported yourself through work.

1. Special Benefit
2. How to keep your payment

Change of circumstances when you get Special Benefit

We need to know about changes that could reduce, increase or stop your Special Benefit payment.

1. Housing
2. Most useful information

Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) - Current Tax Year Assessment form (SY042)

Use this form to tell us of a substantial decrease or increase in your parental income when claiming the Additional Boarding Allowance.

1. Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
2. How to manage your payment

Assistance for Isolated Children annual circumstances review

We review you and your child’s circumstances at the end of each year. We do this to check if you can keep getting Assistance for Isolated Children.

1. Farm Household Allowance
2. Who can get it

Residence rules for Farm Household Allowance

To be eligible for Farm Household Allowance you must meet the residence rules.

1. Victoria Bushfires, January 2026
2. Disaster Recovery Allowance

How to claim Vic Bushfires, January 2026 - Disaster Recovery Allowance

How you can claim Disaster Recovery Allowance.

1. Asset types
2. Private trusts and companies

Trust reviews

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

Reviewable independence for ABSTUDY

We might consider you as independent under the reviewable criteria.

1. Special Benefit
2. How to keep your payment

Getting a medical certificate for Special Benefit

If you get Special Benefit and can’t work or study for a short time you may need to give us a medical certificate.