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When did I say need? I said it was of benefit. And fromemory it was around $120 a fortnight.

My home was 3 hours from uni so I needed to live out of home. Do you use negative gearing? Family allowance? Did you take the pointless payment of $900 If yes to any of these then you are in no position to lecture. 2 years of austudy to assist in say to day living was a huge benefit...

I can afford a bed AND a mattress. I think I've moved on from welfare class. Parents have always worked. I've always worked from when I was 15. Living in Sydney, however, on minimum wage with hours of work having to fit around hours of study, is not easy. Hence, small payments, so I could...

Maybe if you had done an arts degree you would have an understanding of the importance of the paragraph.

I'm still "studying" and I'm in my late 20s. My study is for an MA in Env. Law. I use FEE-HELP for it (similar to HECS) but pay enough off per semester that I am basically paying for it upfront. I also an part-owner of my business and try to run that from a day to day operational sense as...

I couldn't have gone to uni without some form of assistance. Near full time work + full time study is not really enough to live on when you have no rich family to fall back on. I had austudy for 3 years. Only welfare I have ever had. The amount of tax I have paid back since then for...