Our current Year 12 students will soon be making the transition from school to their lives as adults. This is an exciting but sometimes uncertain time as they navigate life changes.
Services Australia have a variety of payments and services to support students that they could benefit from knowing about before they finish high school.
INFORMATION ABOUT LEAVING SCHOOL
The Services Australia website has some great information to support students finishing secondary school, whether they are interested in working, doing an apprenticeship or traineeship, or doing further study.
Youth Allowance for students and apprentices and ABSTUDY are the main payments students may get. There are also other payments for students who need to move away from a regional or remote area to study.
Students can find out more about Services Australia via the lnk below.
There is an interactive school leavers video that can be found on the above web page is a fun way to find out about student payments, Medicare and more.
Medicare benefits
If your Year 12 student hasn’t already, they may need to add a bank account to their Medicare account to get Medicare benefits. They should do this whether they have their own Medicare card or choose to stay on their parents’ card. They can find out more via the link below.
School Leavers Resources eKit
The School Leavers Resource eKit on the Services Australia website has now been updated for 2024 and secondary school students may wish to download and use this. It contains many different resources that explain such things as Centrelink payments and how to get started with myGov.
