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2004 ABSTUDY Policy Manual
Glossary and Index of Terms
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- A -
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 1key features
1
ABSTUDY awards 1
ABSTUDY Awards 1
ABSTUDY ineligibility 1
ABSTUDY meal allowance 1
ABSTUDY Policy 1,
2
ABSTUDY
administration 1applicants
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
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
Allowances applicable to Secondary and Tertiary Students
1
APA 1
API 1
Appeals 1
Applicant 1
Applying for ABSTUDY 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
Away-from-base Activities
Away-from-base Assistance
Away-from-base assistance

- B -
Backdating ABSTUDY 1
Base Tax Year 1
boarding fees 1
Boarding Fees 1
Boarding School Qualification 1
boarding school
Boarding Schools Agreement 1
boarding schools
Boarding Supplement 1
payment 1student eligibility
1
summary 1
Booking travel 1
Bridging Programme 1
Bulk Funding 1
Bulk funding payments 1

- C -
Calculating ABSTUDY Rates 1
Calculating residential costs 1
cancellation
Capital City Accommodation 1
Carer Allowance 1
CDEP 1
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
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
Current Year Means Assessments 1
Customer Obligations 1
Cut-off limit 1

- D -
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

- E -
Education Institution Representative Travel 1
Education institution representatives entitlements 1
eligibility criteria
Eligibility for Student Homeless Rate 1
Eligibility
ABSTUDY assistance 1fares allowance
1
PES 1
schooling allowances 1
Enabling Courses 1
entitlement to live away from home 1
Entitlement
fares allowance 1living allowance
1
PES 1
Entitlements
Essential course costs 1
Essential Course Costs
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

- F -
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 1entitlement
1
key features 1
Fares allowance
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
Full-time student 1
Full-Time Study
Funding for residential schools 1

- G -
General Schooling eligibility criteria 1
Glossary 1
Government Financial Assistance 1
Graduation ceremony travel 1
Group 1
Group 2 School Fees Allowance 1
Group 2
Guardian 1

- H -
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

- I -
impediment to educational progress 1
Incidentals Allowance
eligibility 1entitlements
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
Income Tests
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

- K -
Key features of Away-from-base Activities 1
Key Features of Incidentals allowance 1
Key Features
Key features
Key Features

- L -
Late lodgement 1
Late Starting Course 1
Lawful Custody 1,
2,
3
Lawful Custody Allowance 1
claim lodgement 1Eligibility
1
Essential course costs 1
key features 1
Lawful Custody Award 1
Lawful Custody Award and Allowances 1
Lawful Custody Award
allowances 1eligibility
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,
2overview
1
student status 1
study awards 1
Living at Home 1
Living away from home 1
Living Away from Home 1
Lodgement dates
Lodging claims 1
loss of income 1
Low Income Card 1

- M -
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

- N -
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

- O -
Open Learning Australia 1
Orientation 1
Orientation travel 1
Orphan 1
Orphanhood 1
Outstanding acquittals 1
Overnight accommodation 1
Overpayment 1,
2
Overpayments 1
Overseas Income 1
Overseas Study 1
Overseas travel 1
Overseas trips 1

- P -
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
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
Payment
penalties 1
Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) 1
Pensioner Education Supplement
Pensioner Status 1
Pensioner Student 1
Period of entitlement
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
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

- Q -
Qualifying Income Support Payments 1

- R -
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

- S -
Scheme 1
School Fees 1
School Fees Allowance 1,
2
categories 1eligibility
1
entitlement 1
indexation 1
key features 1
payment 1
School Fees
School Term Allowance 1,
2
advance payment 1eligibility
1
entitlement 1
indexation 1
key features 1
payment instalments 1
taxation 1
School year 1
Schooling A Award 1
allowances 1prerequisites
1
Schooling Allowances
Schooling Awards 1
Schooling B Award 1
allowances 1prerequisites
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
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
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
study cessation 1
Study Requirements
Substance abuse 1
Summary of the Under 16 Boarding Supplement 1
Supervisor Travel 1
Supplementary programme 1
Support 1
supporting documentation 1
Suspension

- T -
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
Travel by chartered transport 1
Travel 'no show' 1
Travel Time 1
Travel, accommodation and meals for special activities
1
Travelling Companion/Visitor 1

- U -
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

- V -
Vacation 1
VEGAS 1
Violence 1,
2

- W -
Waiver 1
Waiver of debt 1
Wife's pension recipients 1
Workforce Participation 1
Workload concession
Workload Concessions 1
workload requirements 1

- Y -
YHA 1
Youth Allowance 1
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