Austudy rates

Your maximum payment rate each fortnight includes Austudy and the Coronavirus Supplement. Your payment will change back to only Austudy when the supplement stops. The income free area for job seekers will increase to $ 3per fortnight. This means you can earn more but still get the maximum payment rate.

If you earn above $ 3per fortnight , your payment reduces by cents for each dollar over this amount.

Complete the following steps to claim Austudy. Before you start, check if you can get it. Indexation ( .I.1) These rates are indexed to changes in the CPI. Find how much Incidentals Allowance payments you may get depending on the length of the course.

Lawful Custody Allowance. Did you know you the government will pay you to study a postgraduate degree? Both Youth Allowance and Austudy are available to many postgraduate students, depending on a simple set of criteria.

Currently, you would get a maximum of $ 442.

If you’re a single parent, you could get an even higher Austudy payment rate. The current rate for a single parent Austudy recipient is $ 527. If you’re getting Youth Allowance as a student or Australian Apprentice at the time you turn 2 you won’t move to Austudy. You’ll keep getting Youth Allowance until you finish your current course or apprenticeship.

Meet some of our students. We have examples of people with different circumstances who can get student payments. Austudy is a means tested payment for full-time students and Australian apprentices aged years and over. Austudy , Abstudy and Youth Allowance are available for this course.

To check your eligibility and to find out more information, click here. Austudy - a payment for full-time students and Australian apprentices aged years and older. How Much Austudy Do I Get? Contact your nearest Centrelink Customer Service Centre for a personal assessment.

This payment is made as a fortnightly payment into your bank or other account. The amount of time you spend in your role as a student affects your Centrelink pay rates. Some Centrelink benefits, like Austudy and Youth Allowance, are only available to full-time students and disabled part-time students.

The fortnightly payment was previously only confirmed for those on Newstart.

Non-taxable) U16$1a year. The Australian government funds the Austudy program to help support Australian students financially during the course of their education. This money went to more than 30students and apprentices. School Fees Allowance. A student will cease to qualify for Austudy once they exceed the allowable study time.

As Mary has not undertaken any previous study at this level, her allowable time for the course is ½ years. You and your sibling both need to apply and be considered dependent (ie under 22), and eligible for Youth Allowance to get the benefit of this ‘sharing’ of the income test. The full payment will fall to $0a. Austudy allowance only being available to students over years of age. Does that then mean that students under the age of are dependants?

Yep, in Austudy terms that is. Further, does that imply that the parents of said students can claim rebates for dependants on their tax.