Your child needs to be at least the minimum primary school entry age for your state or territory. They must also be under 19 on 1 January of the year of study.
Or they need to be any of the following:
- at least 3 years and 6 months old and living away from home due to a health condition or disability
- under 20 on 1 January in the study year, with a disruption to their education, such as illness
- under 21 and studying at primary or ungraded level and getting Disability Support Pension, or Parenting Payment single
- doing tertiary study and under their state or territory minimum education or training requirements age.