Licences
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Licences
Driver licence
Eligible applicants aged under 65 years can receive savings between $12.46 and $60.52, depending on the length of time the full driver licence is issued.
Driver licence discounts are available to people who hold any of the following:
- Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
- Services Australia Health Care Card
- DVA Veteran Gold or White Card
or are:
- members of the Transport Access Scheme (for people with a severe disability)
- eligible asylum seekers.
There is no licence fee for people 65 years and over, but there is a small photo card fee of $12.03.
For more information:
Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: dlu@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
Firearms fees
A 20% reduction on firearm fees is available to people who hold a:
- Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card.
- Services Australia Health Care Card.
For more information:
Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management
Phone: 6173 2720
Email: firearms.services@police.tas.gov.au
Web: www.police.tas.gov.au
Inland recreational angling licence
Savings on full season adult angling licences are available to any of the following:
- Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card holders (discount of 45%)
- Seniors Card holders – all States and Territories (discount of 20%)
- people aged between 14 and 17 years (100% discount).
For more information:
Inland Fisheries Services
Phone: 1300 463 474 (1300 INFISH)
Email: infish@ifs.tas.gov.au
Web: www.ifs.tas.gov.au
Recreational hunting licence
Under the new Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulations 2021, Game Licences are now referred to as 'Hunting Licences' for game species.
A 20% discount for recreational hunting licences applies for:
- deer
- wallaby
- mutton bird
- pheasant
- wild duck
- brown quail.
The discount is available to people who have one of the following:
- Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
- Services Australia Health Care Card
- Services Australia or DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Seniors Card - all States and Territories.
For more information:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Phone: 6165 4305
Email: wildlife.services@nre.tas.gov.au
Web: NRE Wildlife Management
Recreational sea fishing licence
A 50% discount on the licence application fee applies for:
- Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card holders
- Seniors Card holders – all States and Territories
- people under the age of 16 years.
For more information:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Phone: 6165 3233 or 1300 720 647
Email: fishing.enquiries@nre.tas.gov.au
Web: www.fishing.tas.gov.au/licence
Water licence
Applicants are eligible for a 70% rebate on the application fees for a new or variation to an existing water licence when:
- the water allocations under the licence are exclusively for stock and domestic (but not commercial) use, and
- the maximum daily quantity of water taken is less than 0.01ML.
For more information:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Phone: 6165 3019
Email: water.enquiries@nre.tas.gov.au
Web: Water | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (nre.tas.gov.au)
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