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THE Australian Government will provide an unlimited number of means-tested living allowances for needy secondary school students this year. Federal Education Minister, Mr. Kim Beazley, told the Spectator yesterday the new scheme would operate immediately. The new scheme provides means-tested allowances up to $304 a year for students in the last two years of secondary school. Application forms are now available from the regional office of the Australian Education Department in all capitals. This year, the new scheme will operate in conjunction with the Senior Secondary Scholarship Scheme. Total cost of both will be at least $14million.