Student Income Support
Students may qualify for a student income support payment of Youth Allowance, Austudy or ABSTUDY:
Austudy is a means-tested payment made to full- time students and Australian Apprentices who are aged 25 years and older.
Youth Allowance (Students and Australian Apprentices) is a means-tested payment for full-time students and Australian Apprentices.
ABSTUDY provides a means-tested living allowance and a range of supplementary benefits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
University students receiving student income support payments may also be eligible to receive the Student Start-up Scholarship and the Relocation Scholarship.
Students may also be eligible to receive Rent Assistance and/or Fares Allowance.
Recipients of certain payments from Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs payments may qualify for a Pensioner Education Supplement if undertaking an approved course of study.