Скачать или смотреть Simplifying student payments Bill

I am delighted that this Bill passed in the Senate today. This Bill will simplify student payments by aligning means testing rules with other welfare payments. It also ensures that all students in receipt of Youth allowance, Austudy and ABSTUDY are given access to an automatically-issued Health Care Card. A third measure simplifies the classification of regional and remote locations giving eligible students access to the Relocation Scholarship. Lastly the most significant impact is the reduction from 18 months to 14 months for a student to work and prove independence from their parents in order to access the Youth Allowance for higher studies.