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The Tasmanian Government and the Australian Government have partnered to deliver cost-of-living relief through lower energy bills through the Energy Bill Relief Fund.

Eligible households can receive $250 of electricity bill rebates per year over the next two years.

For your household to be eligible for the rebate the electricity account holder must, as at 1 July in the relevant year, be a recipient or holder of:

• Services Australia Health Care Card (including Low Income Health Care Card)
• Services Australia or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia or DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
• Veteran Gold Card
• Family Tax Benefit (FTB) A and B
• Carer Allowance.

If you purchase electricity directly from a retailer such as Aurora Energy, 1^st Energy or another retailer:

If you are currently eligible and verified with your retailer to receive the Annual Electricity Concession your Energy Bill Relief rebate will be applied automatically by your retailer. You do not have to do anything.

If you are eligible for the Annual Electricity Concession, but do not currently receive it, please contact your electricity retailer to register.

Households that are eligible for the rebate, but not eligible for the Annual Electricity Concession, should contact their electricity retailer to register.

If you do not currently receive the Annual Electricity Concession and are a DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card or Veteran Gold Card holder, please contact your electricity retailer up until June 2024 to apply. They will ask you for your UIN or Veteran File Number and consent for them as the provider to check your eligibility for the Energy Bill Relief rebate.

For all eligible customers of retailers once registered, your electricity retailer will automatically apply the following discounts to your bill:

• a $125 rebate in the September quarter 2023;
• a $125 rebate in the June quarter of 2024;
• a $125 rebate in the September quarter 2024;
• a $125 rebate in the June quarter of 2025.

For more information contact your electricity retailer.

Customers on embedded networks (caravan parks, retirement villages etc.):

If you are an eligible concession holder and don’t receive electricity from an electricity retailer but are on an embedded network (for instance you receive electricity via your landlord in a caravan park or retirement home/village) you may still be eligible and will need to apply for the rebate as a grant payment through the Department of State Growth. Approved applications will receive one grant payment of $250 per year for two years.

For more information including details about how to apply visit www.recfit.tas.gov.au.

A 20% discount on annual and two-year National Parks passes is available to holders of a:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Seniors Australia or DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.

When a Companion Card holder buys a Parks pass, they will receive an identical day person or holiday person pass for their companion carer at no charge.

Please contact the specific national park before you visit to find out whether it is suitable (such as wheelchair accessible).

Discounted annual and two-year Seniors National Parks passes are available to holders of a:

• Seniors Card - all States and Territories (excluding Seniors Business Cards).

Purchase online via https://passes.parks.tas.gov.au/

For more information:

Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Phone: 1300 827 727 (1300 TASPARKS)
Email: parkfees@parks.tas.gov.au
Web:  www.parks.tas.gov.au

Business support and small interest-free loans of up to $3,000 for business set-up, and for existing business owners.

The program is available to:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Services Australia or DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, or
• Those on gross incomes up to $55,000 per year.

For more information:

Business Tasmania
Phone: 1800 440 026
Email: ask@business.tas.gov.au
Web: www.business.tas.gov.au

A discount on booking fees is available to holders of a:

• 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 (excluding Seniors Business Cards)

Companion Card holders will receive a second ticket for their companion carer at no charge.

For more information:

Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania 
Phone: 1300 827 727 (1300 TASPARKS)
Web: www.overlandtrack.com.au

Concessions are available on medications dispensed to patients discharged from hospital, outpatients attending the emergency department, or hospital outpatient clinics in public hospitals.

Medicare Card holders are entitled to receive pharmaceuticals at a maximum cost of $30.00* per prescription item. Holders of one of the following cards will pay a maximum of $7.30* per prescription item:

• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Services Australia Pensioner Concession Card
• Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
• PBS Safety Net Concessions Card issued by a pharmacy
• DVA Veteran Gold Card
• DVA Veteran White Card (accepted conditions only).
• DVA Veteran Orange Card.

Holders of a PBS Safety Net Entitlement Card will not be charged for their medication.

*These amounts are currently adjusted in line with inflation by the Australian Government on 1 January each year.

For more information:

Department of Health
Phone:
Royal Hobart Hospital: 6166 6700
Launceston General Hospital: 6777 6728
North-West Regional Hospital: 6493 6280
Mersey Community Hospital: 6478 5229

Discounted entry fees available to holders of any 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
• Student Card.

Companion Card holders will receive a second ticket for their companion carer at no charge.

For more information:

Port Arthur Historic Site
Phone: 1800 659 101
Email: reservations@portarthur.org.au
Web: www.portarthur.org.au

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

Discounted Guided Tours and a 10% discount in the Botanical Shop are available to holders of a:

• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Service Australia or DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
• Seniors Card.

Companion Card Holders will receive a second guided tour ticket for their companion carer at no charge.

For more information:

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Phone: 6166 0451
Email: rtbg@rtbg.tas.gov.au
Web: www.rtbg.tas.gov.au

The SeaLink Bruny Island ferry service offers discounts to the following cardholders:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia or DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.

The driver must be the primary cardholder to access the concession rate.

For more information:

Sealink Bruny Island 
Phone: 1300 127 869
Web: www.sealinkbrunyisland.com.au

A 50% concession on the cost of taxi travel is available to people:

• with a permanent and severe disability who have been assessed as meeting eligibility criteria for membership of the Transport Access Scheme

and also hold one of the following:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.

A maximum subsidy of $25 per single journey applies.

For more information:

Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au

Discounts are available to holders of a:

• 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
• Student Card.

Companion Card holders will receive a second ticket for their companion carer at no charge.

For more information:

Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Phone: 1800 139 478
Email: reservations@femalefactory.org.au
Web: www.femalefactory.org.au

Discounted tickets for the Hastings Experience (Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs), Mole Creek Caves and Highfield Historic Site are available to holders of a:

• 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 (excluding Seniors Business Cards).

Companion Card holders will receive a second ticket for their companion carer at no charge.

For more information:

Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Phone:
Hastings Reserve: 6298 3209
Highfield House: 6458 1100
Mole Creek Caves: 6363 5182
Web: www.parks.tas.gov.au

A discount on booking fees is available to holders of a:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Services Australia or DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Cards
• Seniors Card – all States and Territories (excluding Seniors Business Cards)

Companion Card holders will receive a second ticket for their companion carer at no charge.

For more information:

Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Phone: 1300 827 727 (1300 TASPARKS)
Web: www.threecapestrack.com.au

Vouchers to help with the cost of gym and sporting club registration are available for Tasmanian Veterans who have a card issued by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs or can produce evidence of past service with the Australian Defence Force.

Eligible Tasmanian veterans may apply for a voucher of up to $100. This voucher may be put towards the cost of membership fees, or associated costs at participating activity providers.

For more information:

Veterans Wellbeing Voucher Program
Phone: 1800 009 501 
Email: veterans@dpac.tas.gov.au
Website: www.veterans.tas.gov.au