I didn't think there was, there isn't in Canada either, but I could never have done it. And I had Austudy (what got changed to "Youth Allowance", another simple way for Little Johnny to make independent adults feel like children again), which is a fortnightly payment from the government that you don't have to pay back. Starts when you turn 16 and covers you up to 4 years of uni. Which is why I couldn't do my PhD :( It wasn't a lot of money but thankfully rent and food is pretty cheap in Tassie, unlike Sydney say. I was getting $350 a fortnight, and my rent was $120 a fortnight. I got by :)

(Sorry my comments are always so long. I have trouble making short snappy comments, they just get longer and longer - see, there I go again!)