“That ICPA (Aust) lobbies the Minister for Social Services to apply the framework used for ABSTUDY to geographically isolated children as identified with the Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) to obtain transport between their home residence and the educational establishment they attend.”
Students who fit this Category should be able to book tickets by Air or Road at any point during the year without being subject to inflation caused by peak tourist season, holidays, limited tickets, and any number of other reasons ticket prices fluctuate.
There are geographically isolated families whose children attend schools interstate or intrastate that have all their travel costs covered and/or organised; home to the closest airport, then airport to interstate school. There are examples of how such a policy mechanism can work through allowances such as ABSTUDY.
We would like to suggest that this existing framework (used by agencies such as ABSTUDY, to book and secure travel for students) be extended to all geographically isolated families when travelling between their home residence and the educational establishment they attend. At the very least to secure capped student travel fares.
