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List of Figures and Tables


ABSTUDY Policy Framework

Claims, Eligibility & Financial Assistance

Table 1 - Lodgement of ABSTUDY claims

Table 2 - Lodgement of PES claims

Table 3 - Investigation process

Student Status

Dependent Status

Independent Status

State Care

Homeless

Pensioner Status

Lawful Custody

Approved courses and awards

Table 4 - ABSTUDY Awards

Table 5 - Workload confirmation and Payment Periods

Table 6 - Payment periods for students undertaking 3 or more units in a semester

Table 7 - Closing dates for Open Learning

Table 8 - Reasonable completion time for courses

Secondary Award Students

Table 9 - ABSTUDY Awards

Figure 1 -ABSTUDY Secondary Award Framework

Table 10 - Eligibility criteria for School Term Allowance

Table 11 - Entitlements for School Term allowance

Table 12 - Change from living allowance to school term allowance

Table 13 - Criteria for Group 1 School Fees allowance

Tertiary Award Students

Tertiary Award Framework

Additional Incidentals Allowance

Masters & Doctorate Allowance

Overview of Common Allowances

Table 14 - Allowances applicable to Secondary and Tertiary Students

Additional Assistance Allowance

Away from Base Activities

Table 15 - ABSTUDY meal allowance rates

Table 16 - Capital City Accommodation and Meal Rates

Table 17 - High Cost Country Centre rates

Table 18 - Tier 2 Country Centres

Incidentals Allowance

Lawful Custody

Living Allowance

Pensioner Education Supplement (PES)

Travel Assistance

Summary Details of ABSTUDY Allowances

Table 20 - Key features of assistance for Away-from-base activities

Table 21 - Key features of Boarding Supplement

Table 22 - Key features of Fares Allowance

Table 23 - Key features of Incidentals Allowance

Table 24 - Key features of Additional Incidentals Allowance

Table 25 - Lawful Custody Allowance

Table 26 - Key features of Living Allowance

Table 27 - Key features of PES

Table 28 - Key features of School Term allowance

Table 29 - Key features of School Fees allowance

Income Testing

Assets Tests

Family Means Tests

Table 30 - Areas of family spending

Table 31 - Family savings

Table 32 - Current year assessment

Taxation, Negative Gearing
& Fringe Benefits

Student Income Bank
& Allowance Rates

Table 33 - Calculating UILs

Table 34 - Studybank access

Table 35 - Operation of Student Income Bank

Overpayment and
Recovery of Allowances

Reviews and Appeals

Appendices

References

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