Centrelink provides payments and information and services to help young people between 15 and 24 years of age continue education and training , such as Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY.
Your child may be eligible for a payment in their own right once they turn 16 or 18. This depends on their circumstances.
Your child turning 18 or stopping school may affect Family Tax Benefit (FTB), child support and their eligibility for payment. When your child turns 19, your eligibility for Family Tax Benefit (FTB) stops.
Eligibility rules
The rules you need to meet to get Youth Allowance as a job seeker depend on your situation. You must be between 16 and 21 and meet both of these: residence rules. income test.
Your child may be eligible for their own payment when they turn 16 or 18. Some of these links will take you away from myGov. For students and apprentices who are 24 or younger. ABSTUDY is a group of payments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and apprentices.
We pay FTB Part B per family, generally for the youngest child. If you're a member of a couple, FTB Part B stops when your child turns 13. It may continue until the end of the calendar year they turn 18 if you're one of the following, a: single parent.
The maximum rate for each child per fortnight is: $213.36 for a child 0 to 12 years. $277.48 for a child 13 to 15 years.
If you're younger than 18 and dependent, your parent or guardian will usually get the payment. If you're a dependant, we'll ask for details of your parents' taxable income in September or October each year. The amount you get may change if you or a family member's circumstances change.
There is no law that says what age you can leave home.
You can leave home at any age providing you have a safe place to go to. If you leave home and are considered to be in physical or moral danger then the Police or Department of Child Protection & Family Services may become involved.
On 1 December 2022, a one-off $4,000 income credit was added to the Work Bonus income bank of those at least pension age and in receipt of an Age Pension, Disability Support Pension, Carer Payment or certain Veterans entitlement. Prior to 1 December 2022, the Work Bonus income bank was capped at $7,800.
However a claimant must meet the eligibility requirements for a qualifying payment. The Schoolkids Bonus is a yearly payment of $820 for each eligible child in secondary study and $410 for each eligible child in primary study.
The minimum wage in Australia for a 15-year-old in 2023 is $8.55 per hour. The minimum wage in Australia for a 16-year-old is $10.99 per hour. The minimum wage in Australia for a 17-year-old in 2023 is $13.43 per hour.
You can get the loan up to 2 times a year, once each loan period. Loans are tax free and you don't need to declare them to us as income for your regular student payment. You have to pay back the loan once you start earning a certain amount of income.
This will increase the maximum basic rate of payment for eligible parents and carers from $745.20 per fortnight to $922.10 per fortnight. This is the current maximum basic rate for single parents and carers getting PPS. About 57,000 people will benefit from the increased financial support provided each fortnight.
Single parents, of whom 91 per cent are women, with two children will be able to earn up to $251.80 and still receive the full fortnightly payment of $922.10. A single parent with one child will be able to earn up to $2646.95 before the payment cuts out altogether, against $2622.35 under the current scheme.
Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
The Newborn Supplement is calculated based on your income and the number of children in your care. The most you can receive is $1725.36 for your first child and $576.03 for subsequent children (as of April 2022).
If you're studying, training or doing an Australian Apprenticeship, you may get one of these payments: Youth Allowance for students and apprentices is financial help if you're a student or apprentice aged 24 or younger. You must be either studying full time or doing a full time Australian Apprenticeship.
Your child can get their own Medicare card when they turn 15. They can choose to either: transfer to their own card.
If you do not have a myGov account, you will need to create an account by going to the myGov website. If your child is 14 years or older, they will have to create their own myGov account. Once you have an account, go to myGov and open your Medicare linked service.
Youth Allowance is different to other payments
Jobseeker and parenting payments, for example, are reviewed twice a year. Which means, in practical terms, that Youth Allowance has fallen behind other payments. "This is a key reason why Youth Allowance is so much lower than JobSeeker," Dr Goldie said.
To receive the full dependent Youth Allowance payment rate, your parents' income needs to be below the threshold (currently $56 137 in 2022).