We offer need-based scholarships based on the criteria below. 

You can nominate yourself for a scholarship in your application, where you will be prompted to provide more information about your circumstances.

Scholarships are awarded based on financial need.

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Scholarship selection criteria 

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Financial hardship 

• Receiving government income support payments (such as Centrelink Benefits or Work and Income NZ Benefits).
• Being a low-income earner or being from a low-income household.
• Demonstrating other financial need that is impacting the individual’s ability to meet their basic needs, such as unexpected medical expenses, family crisis, or job loss.

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Carer’s responsibility 

• A person who provides another person’s ongoing support because of a long-term medical condition, a mental illness, a disability, frailty or the need for palliative care. 
• May or may not be a family member.
• May or may not live with the person they care for.
• May be in receipt of a Centrelink Carer Allowance or Carer Payment.
• Volunteers under the auspices of a voluntary organisation are not included.

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Sole parent’s responsibility 

• A person of any age who is single and has at least one dependent child under 18 who is wholly or primarily in their care and who is living in Australia.

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Long term medical condition / disability 

• A person whose ability to work is being affected, or is likely to be affected, by the long-term and ongoing effects of one of the following: 

• A severe and long-term (or a severe and recurrent) medical/psychiatric condition or illness.
• A learning, sensory, physical, psychological or other disability/disorder
• Trauma or abuse.

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Refugee status ‍

• A person who is, or has previously been, the holder of an Australian refugee visa.