Ben Clegg

 

‘Student’s Centrelink Payments outweighed by Cost of Living’

Centrelink’s student allowance does take into consideration the increasing cost of living however students believe it does little to help.

Petrol prices have soared leaving students on student allowance with even less money in their pockets.

A centrelink employee states that Centrelink does take into consideration the cost of living as the payments are indexed to the consumer price index twice a year.