If you're dependent, the parental income test will also apply. If you're younger than 18 and dependent, your parent or guardian will usually get the payment. If you're a dependant, we'll ask for details of your parents' taxable income in September or October each year.
To get Youth Allowance as a student or an Australian Apprentice you must be one of the following: 18 to 24 and studying full time. 16 to 24 and doing a full time Australian Apprenticeship. 16 to 17 and independent or needing to live away from home to study.
Own payments. Your child may be eligible for a payment in their own right once they turn 16 or 18.
The Work Bonus income bank is useful for pensioners who wish to work, particularly those who undertake intermittent or occasional work. Note: from 1 December 2022 to 31 December 2023, a one-off, temporary credit of $4,000 applies to Work Bonus income bank balances.
The Government announced on 1 February 2022 that an aged care workforce bonus of up to $800 will be paid to eligible aged care staff in Government subsidised home care and residential care.
Carer Supplement is an annual payment of $600 for each eligible payment you get. You'll get this on top of your regular payment.
Your child may be eligible for their own payment when they turn 16 or 18. Some of these links will take you away from myGov. For students and apprentices who are 24 or younger. ABSTUDY is a group of payments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and apprentices.
If you're younger than 18 and dependent, your parent or guardian will usually get the payment. If you're a dependant, we'll ask for details of your parents' taxable income in September or October each year. The amount you get may change if you or a family member's circumstances change.
You can get the loan up to 2 times a year, once each loan period. Loans are tax free and you don't need to declare them to us as income for your regular student payment. You have to pay back the loan once you start earning a certain amount of income.
In Australia, you're considered to be an adult when you turn 18 years old. But for certain things, the legal age can be younger. The information in this article is general in nature, and laws differ from state to state.
There is no law that says what age you can leave home.
You can leave home at any age providing you have a safe place to go to. If you leave home and are considered to be in physical or moral danger then the Police or Department of Child Protection & Family Services may become involved.
When you're independent, your parents' or guardians' income won't affect your payment. You're not independent just because you don't live with your parents or guardians, or they don't support you. If you're 22 or older we'll treat you as permanently independent. We may also do this in certain circumstances.
Most student payments are administered by Services Australia (i.e. Centrelink). To find out which payment(s) you could be eligible for while you study, use their 'Payment and Services Finder'. You can also check Services Australia's Guide to Payments.
Job seekers getting Youth Allowance
If you get Youth Allowance as a job seeker you can earn money and still get your payment. We'll start to reduce your payment if your income is more than $150 a fortnight. Your payment will reduce by 50 cents for each dollar of income you have between $150 and $250.
To receive the full dependent Youth Allowance payment rate, your parents' income needs to be below the threshold (currently $56 137 in 2022).
Centrelink provides payments and information and services to help young people between 15 and 24 years of age continue education and training , such as Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY.
The Cost of Living Payment is a $250 one-off payment to help with the cost of living. The Cost of Living Payment is not taxable, and you don't need to report it as income.
To get the $250 one-off Cost of Living Payment you must be a Centrelink or Department of Veterans'Affairs customer. You must have been residing in Australia on 29 March 2022 and either: you were able to claim, or were getting an eligible payment. you were able to get, or had an eligible concession card.