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Satisfying the activity test for Austudy 010-04050010

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Scenarios - eligibility for Austudy while incapacitated or injured

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Scenario

1

Customer unable to attend classes due to incapacity for a short period of time and who is able to catch up on the missed study

Barwon has flu and will be unable to attend classes for the rest of the week but is able to catch up on the missed study.

  • As Barwon should be able to catch up on the study that was missed, therefore Austudy is unaffected

2

Customer unable to attend classes due to incapacity who is able to maintain their study workload

Asmara has a broken leg and will be unable to attend lectures for 3 weeks. A friend is taking notes for her, however, and Asmara will continue to hand in the required work over this period.

  • Austudy entitlement is unaffected as the required workload is maintained

3

Customer unable to study for an extended period

Anneke, a Dance student, is suffering from a viral infection and is expected to be incapacitated for 2 weeks.

Anneke would be told that Austudy payments would continue for that fortnight.

However, after a week if the prognosis has worsened and Anneke is unable to study for an extended period. It is also unlikely that Anneke will be able to resume dancing due to the long term consequences of the virus.

The Austudy eligibility would cease as of that day, even though the fortnight Anneke was originally allowed has not yet elapsed. This is because Anneke no longer meets the requirement of expecting to return to study after the original 14 days. An alternative form of assistance would have to be considered.