Eligibility

You may be eligible for ABSTUDY assistance if you are a student or Australian Apprentice and meet the primary eligibility criteria for ABSTUDY.

To meet the primary ABSTUDY eligibility criteria you must:

be an Australian citizen
be an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person
be a student or Australian Apprentice
not be not receiving any other government assistance to study or complete an apprenticeship, traineeship or trainee apprenticeship, and
normally live in Australia.

If you are a student, you must be either:

enrolled in an approved* course of study, or
undertaking an approved Testing and Assessment activity to that will determine your suitability to undertake an approved course or suitability to the Indigenous Youth Mobility Programme (IYMP).

If you are an Australian Apprentice you will need:

a current Commonwealth Registration Number that relates to a full-time apprenticeship, /traineeship or trainee apprenticeship under the Australian Apprenticeships Scheme.

*Approved education providers include:

government schools, including those offering distance education or correspondence courses
non-government education institutions offering primary, ungraded, secondary or special courses accredited by the relevant state or territory education authority
senior secondary colleges
TAFE institutions
higher education providers, and
correctional services authorities providing secondary or tertiary level Indigenous special course/s for students in Lawful Custody.

Approved courses may be studied by:

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