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The Commonwealth Prac Payment offers teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students support while they are undertaking mandatory placements.

The Australian Government (the Commonwealth) provides recurrent funding for every student enrolled at a school.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are supported in higher education with programs and funding to increase participation and help Close the Gap. Discover what programs and policies are in place, and how they are being implemented.

Higher education funding supports better learning and teaching.

On the 18 December 2025, the Prime Minister, the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, announced the establishment of a 12-month Antisemitism Education Taskforce, to be chaired by David Gonski AC.

The Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) has 4 different loan schemes that provide financial support to students.

Access and Participation programs are available to help Australians who want to attend university, regardless of circumstances, background or location.

The Australian Government is building new research capabilities, driving commercialisation outcomes and investing in new industry engagement opportunities through the $370.3 million Trailblazer Universities Program (2022–2023 to 2025–2026).

Suburban University Study Hubs address barriers to tertiary education for students living in outer metropolitan and peri-urban areas of Australia.

Australia is an established global leader in world-class research, and our research excellence is underpinned by access to excellent national research infrastructure.

The department collects and publishes several data sets and visualisations to explore international student demographics at Australian institutions.

The DSP is an ongoing program that provides funding to eligible higher education providers (Table A public universities) to assist with supporting students with disability to access, participate and succeed in higher education. 

The Australian Government is supporting our research workforce under the Increase Workforce Mobility initiative.

In Australia, early childhood education and care is delivered by providers and services in the states and territories and subsidised by the Australian Government.

Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) was a significant, targeted investment to strengthen Australia’s research commercialisation system and support the translation of research into real world economic and social benefits.

The Higher Education Gender-based Violence Regulator holds higher education providers accountable for compliance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence (National Code).

The Australian Government’s research translation and commercialisation agenda is a $2.2 billion investment to place university innovation and industry collaboration front and centre of Australia’s economic recovery.