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Centrelink Health Care Card - Summary of Entitlements

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Utility/Service

Description

Amount

Contact

Energy (Gas & Electricity)

Rebate available for principle place of residence. Account must be in the card holders name. Must reapply with each new card issued

Summer Period: 1 November to 31 May = 25.15 cents per dayWinter Period: 1 June to 31 October = 92.52 cents per day

Up to a yearly total of $194.87

Your energy supplier.

Water

Must be listed as owner or part owner. Rebate is for the supply charge only.

68% of supply charge only

ActewAGL 13 14 93

Transport

ACTION Bus fares. Available at all times. Must be classified as low income earner by Centrelink.

ACTION Gold Card holders travel for free

Concessional Fare

ACTION 13 17 10

Drivers Licence

Drivers licence fee payable for a provisional or full licence (one year only) in the name of the person entitled to the concession

Short term registration surcharge has been reduced from $25 to $10

50% rebate

ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) 13 22 81

Spectacles

Distance and near spectacles or bifocals every two years

Cost - $22

ACT Department of Disability Housing & Community Services (DHCS) 13 34 27

Life Support(Electricity & Water)

Approved apparatus necessary for the treatment of a life threatening condition. As prescribed by an ACT medical practitioner.

Rate = 0.3258 cents per day

Up to a yearly total of $121.87

Your energy/water supplier

   

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This page was last updated on 29 July, 2008