The payment is designed to help ease cost-of-living pressures the money will be made available as credit … towards educational expenses in certain categories The money can not be put towards school fees or used for household expenses it appeared the $400 payment would cover uniforms, excursions and sports activities, but not laptops

So, seems to cover things that many hard-up families probably aren’t paying for already, which means this won’t ease the cost of living pressure for them at all.