- Education
- School
Leaving secondary school
Find information to guide you when you’re leaving or finishing secondary school.
- Top payments
- ABSTUDY
ABSTUDY for school children living at home
There’s ABSTUDY support available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students attending school and living at home.
- Income
- Income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Special types of income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
If you’re Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or both and you or your partner get special types of income, you need to let us know so you don’t get a debt.
- Tertiary Access Payment
- Who can get it
Students exempt from the Tertiary Access Payment parental income limit
We don’t need your parental income when you claim the Tertiary Access Payment if you’re exempt.
New Zealand citizens claiming payments in Australia
If you’re a New Zealand citizen living in Australia you may be eligible to get Centrelink payments or concession cards.
- Working
- Most useful information
Earnings Worksheet form (SU505)
Use this form to work out your gross earnings for your entitlement period and report them to us.
- Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme
- Who can get it
Approved courses of study and institutions for Assistance for Isolated Children
The student must study full time in an approved course at an approved institution to get Assistance for Isolated Children.
Employment income reporting if you’re employed
If you work for an employer, you must tell us the gross income you and your partner get so we can pay you the right amount.
Payment schedule and rates for people outside Australia
We’ll pay your pension differently if you live outside Australia on a permanent or long term basis.
What happens if we update your child support assessment while you get FTB Part A
If circumstances change for you or the other parent, we’ll update your child support assessment. This means your FTB payments may change too.