Hi.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling you won't received it, as you earnt too little to be classed as independent from your parents. There are special considerations for those under 18 and from what I've gathered you must either be an excluded person or earn excluded monies to be eligible. Ask your parents if they counted you as a dependent on their last tax return, and if they did I don't think you will receive it.
I just found some useful info on the net though:
Persons under 18 will also be eligible for the payment provided they are an ‘excepted person’ (e.g. in full time employment) or are in receipt of ‘excepted assessable income’ (e.g. income from employment).
From looking on the ATO website
A minor is an excepted person if on 30 June 2008:
they were
working full-time, or had worked full-time for three months or more in 2007-08 (ignoring full-time work that was followed by full-time study)
intending to work full-time for most or all of 2008-09, and
not intending to study full-time in 2008-09.
they were entitled to a disability support pension or rehabilitation allowance, or someone was entitled to a carer allowance to care for them
they were permanently blind
they were disabled and were likely to suffer from that disability permanently or for an extended period
they were entitled to a double orphan pension and received little or no financial support from relatives, or
they were unable to work full-time because of a permanent mental or physical disability and received little or no financial support from relatives.
Ordinary rates of tax apply to all the income of an excepted person.
Excepted income includes:
employment income
taxable pensions or payments from Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs
compensation, superannuation or pension fund benefits
income from a deceased person's estate
income from property transferred to the minor as a result of the death of another person or family breakdown, or income in the form of damages for an injury they suffer
income from their own business
income from a partnership in which they were an active partner
net capital gains from the disposal of any property or investments listed above, and
income from the investment of any of the amounts listed above.
Excepted net income – that is, excepted income minus deductions relating to that income – is taxed at ordinary rates. All other income of a minor who is not an excepted person will be taxed at higher rates.