Austudy supplement

Your payment will change back to just Austudy when the supplement stops. You may also get a separate Economic Support Payment. You don’t need to apply for this. We’ll pay this straight into your bank account if you can get it.

This table shows the basic Austudy payment rates.

Students will be able to trade-in their grant for twice the amount of Supplement , up to a maximum Supplement of $0per year. On the day you claim Austudy you must be an Australian resident and in Australia. The fortnightly payment was previously only confirmed for those on Newstart.

TABLE TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation 1. Youth Allowance, Austudy and Abstudy to be included in new Coronavirus Supplement Eligible students will now receive additional fortnightly payments from April 27. Definition of office 5. Some of these allowances are also available to people who are unemployed and looking for work. Different allowances are available depending on your personal circumstances.

The amount of Austudy you get depends on how much you earn. Complete the following steps to claim Austudy. Before you start, check if you can get it. Austudy is a means tested payment for full-time students and Australian apprentices aged years and over. The Supplement is a voluntary loan for tertiary students.

If you get Austudy the Energy Supplement amount you get depends on your and your partner’s circumstances and the payment or services you get. The government is boosting welfare payments through a $5per fortnight Coronavirus supplement. For the purposes of paragraph 12C (1) (a) of the Act, a course or a part of a course that has been approved as a tertiary course for the ABSTUDY scheme is prescribed in relation to ABSTUDY. Services Australia will automatically pay the Coronavirus Supplement to eligible recipients each fortnight.

Minister Ann Ruston has used her new powers to extend the coronavirus supplement to students and apprentices. AUSTUDY and ABSTUDY. At the moment there is also an Austudy funding issue.

The $5Coronavirus Supplement was announced as part of the government’s second stimulus package. Those who get JobSeeker, as well as certain other welfare payments, are automatically eligible for. But there are hundreds of thousands more also getting the supplement , including people on Youth Allowance, the Widow Allowance, Austudy and the Farm Household Allowance.

The supplement will be available for up to six monthsand will be automatically paidto new and existing people on income supportincluding the JobSeeker payment (formerly known as the Newstart allowance), sickness and youth allowance and Austudy. Senator Ruston on Monday used new powers to extend the coronavirus supplement to students and apprentices, as Australians continue to queue at Centrelinks across the country.

Disability and carer support payments are still excluded. These additional funds, known as the Coronavirus Supplement, will be paid on top of your existing income payment rate. Cormann said that the social services minister, Anne Ruston, will expand the supplement people who receive Youth Allowance (Student), Austudy and Abstudy.

Sole traders and casual workers who are currently making less than $0a fortnight will be eligible to receive the full supplement.