Centrelink Health Care Card - Summary of Entitlements
To download a copy of this page please view the PDF (75KB) or Word (86KB)
|
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
|
|