Abstract
This Brief describes the current requirements to access Youth Allowance, the federal income support payment for fulltime students and apprentices. The author discusses the ‘independence’ test and its application to young people aged 21 or younger. She explores the inaccessibility of this payment for estranged or victimised youth, particularly for the LGBTQIA+ community, due to the disproportionate power it places in the hands of parents of adult children.
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