How to report and manage your Youth Allowance for students and apprentices payment
There are things you need to do while you’re getting Youth Allowance as a student or an Australian Apprentice.
How much Youth Disability Supplement you can get
How much Youth Disability Supplement you can get depends on how much your main payment is. We pay the supplement with your income support payment fortnightly.
How to manage your Youth Disability Supplement
Your options and obligations when you get this supplement.
Ending your apprenticeship or traineeship
If you’re ending your apprenticeship or traineeship, we have support to help you decide what to do next.
Income from Commonwealth Prac Payment
If you get a payment from us you need to report any Commonwealth Prac Payments you get as income.
Higher rates of Youth Allowance when living away from home - students and Australian Apprentices
You may get a higher rate of Youth Allowance if you need to live away from your parents' home. This can be to study, or do your Australian Apprenticeship.
Allowable time for study while getting Youth Allowance
There’s an allowable time limit on how long you’ll get Youth Allowance. We base it on the minimum time it normally takes to complete your course as a full time student.
Payment and Service Finder
An online tool to see what payments and services you may be eligible for.
Seasonal work preclusion period
This applies if you or your partner finished seasonal, contract or intermittent work within 6 months of submitting your claim.
Income maintenance period
This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.