Parents and guardians will start receiving $200 Back-to-School Support payments from tonight, Minister for Finance, Prof Biman Prasad has announced.
Payments were initially supposed to be made from January 15.
for the 2025 school year has been processed and paid a while ago.
Prof Prasad said a total of 208,673 applications were received.
“Of this, 200,176 successful applications have been paid today, totalling $40.4 million,’ he said.
“The remaining 8,313 applications are currently on hold from students awaiting their Year-12 exam results.”
The $200 support per child will be paid via MPAiSA or MyCASH.
“The Back-to-School support is a flagship initiative of the Coalition Government aimed at helping parents and guardians cover the costs of uniforms, school bags, shoes, lunch boxes, stationery, and other essentials for their children before school starts on 27 January 2025.”
