Payment rates

Transport

You are paid Fares Allowance for the cost of the least expensive practicable form of public transport.

Fares Allowance can only be paid for travel within Australia.

Journeys

Fares Allowance covers the following journeys:

• a single journey from your permanent home to the place where you will study at the beginning of the academic year
• one return journey between the place where you study and your permanent home during the year (if you have been receiving Youth Allowance, Austudy, or the Pensioner Education Supplement for 6 months or more)
• a single journey between the place where you study to your permanent home when you finish or stop your studies for the academic year.

ABSTUDY

If you receive ABSTUDY, the number of trips you get depends on whether you are a secondary or tertiary student. Phone 13 2317 for more information on the range of ABSTUDY travel entitlements available.

External studies

If you are an external studies student, you can get Fares Allowance for one return trip per course if you have to travel from your permanent home for residential study.

Income and assets

To qualify for Fares Allowance, you do not have to meet income or assets tests.

More information

• A guide to Australian Government payments booklet
• Fares Allowance section