Keep Your Receipts

The existing 50 per cent education tax rebate is available for textbooks, laptops, printers, USB flash drives, home internet connections and trade tools for trade courses in high school.
The Government has extended this rebate to include school-approved uniforms, purchased from 1 July 2011.

Items of clothing including hats, footwear and sports uniforms approved by a school as its uniform may be claimed from 1 July 2012.

So from 1 July 2011 start keeping receipts for school uniform items so you can claim them this year.
The Education Tax Refund provides up to 50% back on a range of children's education expenses.
For the 2010–11 tax year refunds may be as much as $397 for every child at primary school, and up to $794 for every child at secondary school. The amount of the refund increases each year by the Consumer Price Index.

You are eligible if you receive the Family Tax Benefit Part A, Youth Allowance, Disability Support Pension, ABSTUDY Living Allowance, the Veterans’ Children Education Scheme or the Student Financial Supplement Scheme.