This is if both:
- you’re studying a distance or online course
- don’t usually study on campus.
This doesn’t include practical components of your course that you do away from your Education institution like:
- field excursions
- practical teaching sessions
- a hospital residency.
Example
Aaron gets Austudy and is an online student at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. He lives with his partner in Melbourne. He must go to Brisbane for a compulsory on site component of his course. Aaron can claim Fares Allowance with proof to support his claim. Aaron can either ask us to pre-book his travel or he can claim a reimbursement after he’s travelled.
Juliette gets Youth Allowance and is an online student at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. To complete her teaching degree, she needs to do a placement in a school for a period of 20 weeks. As the placement is a practical component of her course that is not done at the University of NSW, Juliette isn’t eligible for Fares Allowance to help her with traveling to or from her placement activity.