Notes Transport concession cards are made available only to full-time students who are permanent residents or citizens of Australia and who are undertaking a course that is Austudy eligible. Health care card holders are eligible for concession rates. Most Australian students are eligible for a health care card from Centrelink. Card holders are eligible for a discount of 15 per cent off gas and electricity bills in the winter months. To qualify for this concession, the bills must be in the card holder's name.
Card holders are also eligible for some prescription discount medicine.
Check with your doctor for further information. Use the costs shown as a guide only. You will need to substitute figures that reflect your own circumstances. TOP Financial assistance Financial assistance is provided through the Student Financial Advisers based on all campuses. These payments are the major form of Commonwealth Government financial assistance to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate diploma students, and are means tested.