ABSTUDY and Travel
Arranging travel to and from home for ABSTUDY students? You will find the latest information about safe travel plans, how to pre-book travel and claim a reimbursement.
ABSTUDY resources for students and families
Multiple resources to help students and families at various stages of their study or training can be found on one web page at Services Australia.
Booklets, Fact Sheets and even Videos translated into 5 different Indigenous languages can be accessed via the link below.
ABSTUDY for children living away from home
A link to the Services Australia website providing information about ABSTUDY entitlements paid to boarding schools.
On this page there is a link to the relevant YouTube video, it also has links to the following webpages – ABSTUDY Fares Allowance – Services Australia, ABSTUDY School Fees Allowance higher rate – Services Australia and ABSTUDY Living Allowance – Services Australia
ABSTUDY Boarding School Scholarships
Link to a webpage explaining what criteria you need to meet to get a higher ABSTUDY rate when offered a scholarship.
Authorising a person or organisation to enquire or act on your behalf form
This form is required for organisations to be able to enquire or act of the behalf of the student.
ABSTUDY Rates – Tertiary Students
ABSTUDY help explained for Higher Education and Training.
Barriers and Bureaucracy, Bridges and Brokers
Barriers and Bureaucracy, Bridges and Brokers – How Independent boarding schools negotiate the thicket of ABSTUDY to deliver education to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary school students from remote communities.
Study Away Review
Study Away Review – Review of Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary Students Studying Away From Home.
Examines the issues facing Indigenous students who leave home to access secondary school, considers the role of Commonwealth support and identifies gaps in support and service delivery. Summary findings include better preparation for students and families, including preparation beginning earlier, reducing the complexity of ABSTUDY and ensuring the travel safety of students.
Power of education: From surviving to thriving
Report considers the barriers and circumstances that hinder Indigenous students’ education outcomes. Recommendations include Indigenous Boarding, ie establishing a National Indigenous Boarding Strategy requiring boarding facilities to meet agreed standards for the health, wellbeing and cultural safety of Indigenous students and funding boarding facilities to meet these standards.
Indigenous Parents of Boarding Students 2022
WW report based on consultations with parents of Indigenous Boarding students. Contains six recommendations based on engagement with communities prior to enrolment, establishment of cultural advisory groups, chaperones for students from remote communities and the provision of ABSTUDY workshops for parents so they are aware of their rights and entitlements.