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2004 ABSTUDY Policy Manual
Glossary and Index of Terms

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Abatement rate 1

Abnormal demands 1

Aboriginal Hostels Limited 1

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander 1

Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme 1

Absences 1

ABSTUDY 1

ABSTUDY Allowances

alignment 1

key features 1

ABSTUDY awards 1

ABSTUDY Awards 1

ABSTUDY ineligibility 1

ABSTUDY meal allowance 1

ABSTUDY Policy 1, 2

ABSTUDY

administration 1

applicants 1

Acquittal of Advances 1

acquittal report 1

Activity Agreements 1, 2

Activity Tests 1

Actual Means 1

Additional Assistance 1, 2, 3

Additional Incidentals Allowance 1, 2

key features 1, 2

Adjusted Family Income 1

Adjusted Partner Income 1

Advance payment 1

Age 1, 2

Agricultural Courses 1

AHL 1

AIC 1

Allowable Adjustment 1

Allowable Income Limit 1

Allowance

school term 1

Allowances applicable to Secondary and Tertiary Students 1

APA 1

API 1

Appeals 1

Applicant 1

Applying for ABSTUDY 1

overview 1

Approved Absences 1

Approved activities 1

Approved Away-from-base activities 1

Approved Course 1

Approved Courses 1

Approved Institution 1

Approved study 1

APS 1

Articulated short courses 1

Assessable income 1

Asset items 1

Asset Test 1

Assets Testing 1

assistance for Away-from-base activities 1

Assistance for Isolated Children 1

ASSPA 1

ATAS 1

ATO 1

ATSIC 1

Australian Quality Training Framework 1

Austudy 1

Award 1

Away-from-base activities 1

Away-from-base Activities 1

Away-from-base activities

entitlements 1

Away-from-base Activities

key features 1

Away-from-base Assistance

overview 1

Away-from-base assistance

payment 1

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Backdating ABSTUDY 1

Base Tax Year 1

boarding fees 1

Boarding Fees 1

Boarding School Qualification 1

boarding school

definition 1

Boarding Schools Agreement 1

boarding schools

interim claims 1

Boarding Supplement 1

payment 1

student eligibility 1

summary 1

Booking travel 1

Bridging Programme 1

Bulk Funding 1

Bulk funding payments 1

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Calculating ABSTUDY Rates 1

Calculating residential costs 1

cancellation

ABSTUDY payments 1

Capital City Accommodation 1

Carer Allowance 1

CDEP 1

recipients 1, 2

certificate and enabling courses 1

Cessation of payment 1

Change of course 1, 2

Change of dependent status 1

Change of Independent Status 1

Change of Pension 1

Change of School 1

Change of Status 1

Change

of student circumstance 1

Chartered Transport 1

Circumstances Beyond the Family's Control 1

Coherent Course Sequence 1

Commonwealth Government Assistance 1

Companion travel 1

Compassionate travel

grounds 1

Compensation 1, 2

compensation payments 1

Compulsory Residence 1

Concurrent Awards 1

Continuing Students 1

Continuity of Study 1

Courses excluded from ABSTUDY 1

Criminal activity 1

CRS Australia 1

Current course of study 1

Current Income Assessment 1

Current Income Concession 1

Current Income Concessions 1

Current or Previous Marriage 1

Current Year Income

increase in 1

Current Year Means Assessments 1

Customer Obligations 1

Cut-off limit 1

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De facto Relationship 1

Death of a student 1

Debt Recovery 1

Debtor 1

Definition of boarding school 1

Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Pensions 1

Dependent Child 1

Dependent Child Adjustment 1

Dependent Partner 1

Dependent Status 1, 2

Dependent Student 1

Dependent Student Adjustment 1

Dependents' Travel 1

Designated Parents 1

DEST 1

Determination No. 2002/01 1

Determination No. 2002/1 1

DETERMINATION OF EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND COURSES 1

Disability 1

Disability Workload Concession 1

Disallowed costs

away from base assistance 1

Distance Education/Correspondence Study 1

Drivers or pilots entitlements 1

Drop in Income 1

DVA 1

DVA Disability Pensions 1

DVA Pensions 1

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Education Institution Representative Travel 1

Education institution representatives entitlements 1

eligibility criteria

general schooling 1

Eligibility for Student Homeless Rate 1

Eligibility

ABSTUDY assistance 1

fares allowance 1

PES 1

schooling allowances 1

Enabling Courses 1

entitlement to live away from home 1

Entitlement

fares allowance 1

living allowance 1

PES 1

Entitlements

travel 1

Essential course costs 1

Essential Course Costs

examples 1

Evidence and Supporting Documentation 1

Evidence of permanent residence 1

Evidence Requirements 1

Examination Travel 1

Exceptions to assistance 1

Excess baggage 1

Excess School Fees 1

Excluded courses 1

Exclusion from Local Schooling 1

Exempt Funds 1

extreme family breakdown 1

Extreme family breakdown 1

Extreme Family Breakdown 1

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FaCS 1

FaCS benefit or allowance 1

False or misleading information 1

Family Actual Means Test 1, 2

Family Assets Test 1

Family Breakdown 1

Family Members 1

FAMT 1

Fares allowance 1

Fares Allowance 1

Fares Allowance

eligibility 1

entitlement 1

key features 1

Fares allowance

no entitlement 1

Fares assistance 1

Field trips 1

Financial Administration 1

Financial Assistance 1

Formal specialising qualification 1

Foster Care 1

Freedom of information 1

Fringe Benefits 1

Full time students

PES 1

Full-time student 1

Full-Time Study

discontinuation 1

Funding for residential schools 1

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General Schooling eligibility criteria 1

Glossary 1

Government Financial Assistance 1

Graduation ceremony travel 1

Group 1

school fees 1, 2

Group 2 School Fees Allowance 1

Group 2

school fees 1, 2

Guardian 1

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Health Care Card 1, 2, 3

HECS 1, 2

High cost country centres 1

Higher education institutions 1

Home Conditions 1

Homeless Rate not payable 1

Homeless Student 1

Homeless Students 1

Hostels and Boarding Schools Agreement 1

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impediment to educational progress 1

Incidentals Allowance

eligibility 1

entitlements 1

key features 1

overview 1

Income Bank 1

Income Bank Formula 1

Income Concessions 1

Income Support Payments 1

Income Test 1

Income Testing 1, 2

income tests

summary of 1

Income Tests

types of 1

Income-tested allowances 1

Increase in Current Year Income 1

Independent Boarding School Scholarship 1

Independent homeless 1

Independent Status 1, 2

Indexation 1, 2

Indigenous 1

Indigenous community 1

Indigenous Education Unit 1

Indigenous Special Course 1

indigenous special courses 1

Indigenous special courses 1

Indigenous studies 1

Intention to study 1

Interim claims 1

interstate course 1

interstate courses 1

interstate trips 1

Itinerant 1

Itinerant Family 1

Itinerant occupations 1

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Key features of Away-from-base Activities 1

Key Features of Incidentals allowance 1

Key Features

fares allowance 1

Key features

living allowance 1

Key Features

PES 1

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Late lodgement 1

Late Starting Course 1

Lawful Custody 1, 2, 3

Lawful Custody Allowance 1

claim lodgement 1

Eligibility 1

Essential course costs 1

key features 1

Lawful Custody Award 1

Lawful Custody Award and Allowances 1

Lawful Custody Award

allowances 1

eligibility 1

Limited Local School Facilities / Programme 1

Limited programme schools 1

Limits

away from base assistance 1

Living Allowance 1

Living Allowance rates 1

Living Allowance/Basic Payment 1

Living Allowance

key features 1, 2

overview 1

student status 1

study awards 1

Living at Home 1

Living away from home 1

Living Away from Home 1

Lodgement dates

claims 1

Lodging claims 1

loss of income 1

Low Income Card 1

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Mainstream Course 1

Mainstream courses 1

Masters and Doctorate Award 1, 2

Masters and Doctorates Award 1

Masters/Doctorate Relocation Travel 1

meal allowance 1

Meal allowance 1

Meal Allowance 1

Medical certificate 1

medical treatment 1

Minimum School Leaving Age 1

Minister 1

Missing booked travel 1

Mixed-mode 1

Motor Vehicle allowance 1

Motor Vehicle Allowance 1

MVA 1

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NAAP 1

National Centre for Vocational Education Research Course Classifications 1

Negative Gearing 1

neglect 1

NEIS 1

New Apprenticeships Access Programme 1

No show penalty 1

Non-accredited courses 1

Non-approved course 1

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Open Learning Australia 1

Orientation 1

Orientation travel 1

Orphan 1

Orphanhood 1

Outstanding acquittals 1

Overnight accommodation 1

Overpayment 1, 2

boarding supplement 1

Overpayments 1

Overseas Income 1

Overseas Study 1

Overseas travel 1

Overseas trips 1

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Parent 1

Parent(s) overseas 1

Parental Income Tests 1

Parental Income Concession 1

Parental income test 1

Parental Responsibilities 1

Parenthood 1

Parents in prison or medical institution 1

Parents unable to provide 1

Partner 1

Partner Income 1

Partner income test 1

Part-time Award 1

Part-time Student 1

Part-time students

PES 1

Payee 1

Payment of Homeless Rate 1

Payment of Incidentals Allowance 1

Payment of Lawful Custody Allowance 1, 2

Payment of Living Allowance 1

Payment of Residential expenses 1

Payment of School Fees Allowance 1

Payment of travel allowance 1

payment

cessation 1

Payment

PES 1

penalties 1

Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) 1

Pensioner Education Supplement

key features 1

Pensioner Status 1

Pensioner Student 1

Period of entitlement

living allowance 1

permanent home 1

Permanent home 1

Permanent Home 1

Permanent Independent Status 1, 2

permanent residency 1

Personal Assets Tests 1

PES Entitlement 1

PES

eligibility 1

Pharmaceutical Allowance 1, 2

Placements 1

Policy Approval 1

Prescribed Event 1

Previous Lawful Custody 1

Primary Eligibility Criteria 1

Privacy 1

pro rata School Term Allowance 1

Proof of Age 1

Proof of Australian Citizenship 1

Proof of Enrolment 1

Proof of Income 1, 2

Property losses 1

Psychiatric illness 1

Psychological abuse 1

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Qualifying Income Support Payments 1

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Racial Discrimination 1

Reasonable costs 1, 2

Reasonable Costs

away from base assistance 1

Reasonable travelling time 1

Recovery of Allowances 1

Reduced rate of living allowance 1

Registered Training Organisation 1

Released prisoners 1

Relevant Period 1

Relocation Allowance 1

Remote Area Allowance 1

Remote Area Allowance (RAA) 1

Removal costs 1

Rent Assistance 1

Rental property 1

Rental property losses 1

Residential costs option 1

Residential expenses 1

Residential Expenses 1

residential school travel 1

Residential Schools 1

Responsibility for Overpayments 1

Resuming study after a break 1

Return journey 1

Reviewable Independent Status 1, 2

Reviews 1

Rights of review 1

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Scheme 1

School Fees 1

School Fees Allowance 1, 2

categories 1

eligibility 1

entitlement 1

indexation 1

key features 1

payment 1

School Fees

definition 1

School Term Allowance 1, 2

advance payment 1

eligibility 1

entitlement 1

indexation 1

key features 1

payment instalments 1

taxation 1

School year 1

Schooling A Award 1

allowances 1

prerequisites 1

Schooling Allowances

eligibility 1

Schooling Awards 1

Schooling B Award 1

allowances 1

prerequisites 1

Secondary Award Framework 1

Sexual abuse 1

Sexual Abuse 1

Short Course 1

SHR 1

significant hardship 1

Significant portion of the year 1

special activities 1

Special Adult Status 1

Special Assessment 1, 2

special course 1

Special Course 1

Special Courses 1

special facilities 1

Special Purpose Visit Travel 1

Specialist courses 1

Standard Hostels and Boarding Schools Agreement 1

State Care 1, 2

Status

change of 1

Student 1

Student Assistance Act 1

Student entitlements 1

Student Homeless Rate 1

Student Income Bank 1

Student income test 1

Student Income Tests 1

Student Status 1, 2

student

change of circumstance 1

Students in Lawful Custody 1

Students in State Care 1

Students without parents 1, 2

Study Award Framework 1

Study Awards and Allowances 1, 2

Study Awards

living allowance 1

study cessation 1

Study Requirements

PES 1

Substance abuse 1

Summary of the Under 16 Boarding Supplement 1

Supervisor Travel 1

Supplementary programme 1

Support 1

supporting documentation 1

Suspension

ABSTUDY payments 1

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TAFE institutions 1

TAN 1

Tax File Number (TFN) 1

Taxable ABSTUDY Allowances 1

Taxation 1, 2

Tertiary Award 1

Tertiary Award Framework 1

tertiary placements 1

Tertiary Study 1

Tertiary Workload 1

Testing and Assessment Award 1

Testing and Assessment programmes 1

Testing And Assessment Programmes 1

TFN 1

Thesis allowance 1

Transfers to ABSTUDY 1

Travel allowance 1

Travel Allowance 1, 2

Travel Arrangement Entitlements 1

Travel Assistance

overview 1

Travel by chartered transport 1

Travel 'no show' 1

Travel Time 1

Travel, accommodation and meals for special activities 1

Travelling Companion/Visitor 1

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Unacquitted funds 1

Unapproved Absences 1, 2

Unexpended funds 1

Unreasonable circumstances 1

Unreasonable Circumstances 1

Unreasonable Living Conditions 1

Unused entitlements 1

Upper Income Limit 1

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Vacation 1

VEGAS 1

Violence 1, 2

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Waiver 1

Waiver of debt 1

Wife's pension recipients 1

Workforce Participation 1

Workload concession

PES 1

Workload Concessions 1

workload requirements 1

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YHA 1

Youth Allowance 1

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