West Australians Offered Payout If They Sign up to Digital ID

Parents can get $250 for each secondary student and $150 for each primary student and kindergartener—provided they sign up for the ServicesWA app.

A group of people hold thier phone on Feb. 18, 2024. Ayomikun Onafeko Headquarters Air Force/ A4 Chief Information Officer

West Australian parents are being offered what the state government calls a Student Assistance Payment to help with the cost of living, but the only way they can easily access it is through the ServiceWA app which requires “an active digital identity.”

Any student from kindergarten to Year 12 is eligible for the support, regardless of whether they go to a public school, a non-government school or are registered for home schooling.