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Visit your local library for free access to computers, the internet, WiFi, items in the collection and a range of learning programs.

No fines are charged for overdue items.  Please check with your local library for details.

For more information:

Libraries Tasmania
Phone: 6165 5600
Email: libraries.tas@education.tas.gov.au
Web: www.libraries.tas.gov.au/public-libraries

Subsidised emergency, general and denture services* are available to adults who have a:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card, or
• DVA Veterans Card and meet specific criteria (contact DVA on 1800 838 272 to find out more).

* Waiting lists may apply for subsidised general and denture services.

For more information:

Oral Health Services Tasmania
Phone: 1300 011 013
Web: www.health.tas.gov.au

Concessions on fees for most adult education courses are available for full-time students and to holders of a:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Tasmanian Seniors Card

Please note that carers supporting learners with disability can attend classes free of charge.

For more information:

Libraries Tasmania 
Phone: 6165 5564
Email: adulteducation.libraries@libraries.tas.gov.au
Web: https://adulteducation.libraries.tas.gov.au/

Public bus and River Derwent ferry

Eligible cards for an adult concession bus fare are:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Seniors Card - all States and Territories
• Evidence of Immigration Status (EDI), or
• Residence Determination Immicard (RDI)

Other eligible people are:

• aged 70 years and over
• holds a DVA Veteran Gold Card printed with War Widow
• eligible adult students

For more information:

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

The annual electricity concession provides a daily discount to eligible customers as a cents per day rate. The current concession is 172.434 cents per day.

Eligible cards are:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• ImmiCard (Bridging Visa E).

To apply for the annual electricity concession, eligible customers should contact their electricity retailer by telephone or complete the Application Form.

For more information

Contact your electricity retailer.

A rebate of 50% on the cost of one return trip to Northern Tasmania per financial year is available to age pensioners living on Bass Strait islands who have a:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card.

For more information:

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

Equipment is available for people who have been clinically assessed as having a sleep-related breathing disorder requiring a positive airways pressure machine.

Please consult your medical specialist.

To be eligible, people must have a prescription from a sleep specialist and hold one of the following:

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

For more information:

Department of Health
Phone:
General enquiries: 1300 135 513
Royal Hobart Hospital Department of Respiratory Medicine: 6166 8438
Launceston General Hospital Respiratory Unit: 6777 6708
Email (South): rhh.respiratory@ths.tas.gov.au

A 30% reduction on local government rates and charges (capped at a maximum amount each year) is available to a pensioner who on 1 July each year holds one of the following:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card (but not a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card)
• DVA Veteran Gold Card – printed TPI or War Widow) in accordance with the Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Regulations 2014
• resides at the property as their principal place of residence, and
• is legally responsible to the council for the rates of the property.

For more information:

Contact your relevant local council.

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

Totally and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) and Extreme Disablement Adjustment (EDA) pensioners are entitled to free travel on public bus services.

You will need to present  your DVA Veteran Gold Card printed with TPI or EDA. To travel on Metro bus services for free, you will need to apply for and use a Greencard.

For more information:

Department of State Growth Phone: 6166 3350

Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au

Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au

When the Public Trustee is appointed as the attorney, there is no charge to prepare an Enduring Power of Attorney for:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card holders
• Seniors Card holders.

Please note: This is for a standard appointment. If your affairs are complicated or more time is required, additional time may be charged.

For more information:

Public Trustee
Phone: 1800 068 784
Email: tpt@publictrustee.tas.gov.au
Web: www.publictrustee.tas.gov.au

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.

Subsidised nutrition may be available if recommended by a dietitian. The program is available when:

• you are eligible for compensation (such as MAIB, workers compensation or any common law compensation) or where compensation payment has been made that includes future nutritional support.
• you are receiving financial assistance from any other government-funded organisation or program (including DVA Veteran  Gold or Orange Card holders)
• you have a funding package through an aged care provider (if their plan includes nutritional support)
• you live in a residential facility, accommodation service or private hospital whose funding arrangements include nutritional support, or
• you hold a NDIS plan that includes nutritional support.

A further reduction in costs is available if you hold a:

• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• DVA White Card (conditional), or
• are registered for the Closing the Gap program.

For more information:

Department of Health
Phone:
Royal Hobart Hospital: 6166 8145
Launceston General Hospital:  6777 6477
North-West Regional Hospital: 6493 6467

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

The Heating Allowance is a payment of $56 per year to eligible pensioners living in Tasmania. Two payments of $28 are made each year on 15 May and 15 September.

Payments are made under the Pensioners (Heating Allowances) Act 1971.

Eligibility is means tested and successful applicants do not need to re-apply each year. The allowance is available to people who hold a Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card and receive any of the following:

• Age Pension
• Carer Payment
• Disability Support Pension (DSP)
• Parenting Payment, or
• Service Pension

A single pensioner cannot have more than $1 750* in cash assets and married/de facto pensioners cannot have more than $2 750.*

*Other conditions also apply.

Apply online or by requesting a form by email or phone.

For more information:

Department of Premier and Cabinet
Phone: 1800 300 068
Email: heatingallowance@dpac.tas.gov.au 
Web: Heating allowance

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

Financial assistance is available to people requiring compression garments to help manage lymphoedema and who have one of the following:

• Services Australia Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card.
• DVA Veterans Card and meet specific criteria (contact DVA on 1800 VETERAN (1800 838 372).

For more information:

Department of Health
Phone:
Royal Hobart Hospital, Physiotherapy: 6166 8634
Royal Hobart Hospital, Occupational Therapy: 6166 8314
Launceston General Hospital, Physiotherapy: 6777 6216
North-West Regional Hospital, Physiotherapy: 6493 6250
Email:
(South) rhh.physiotheraphy@ths.tas.gov.au
(North) lgh.ahs@ths.tas.gov.au
(North-West) burnie.physio@ths.tas.gov.au

Where the Public Trustee is appointed as the executor, there is no charge to prepare a Will for:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card holders
• Seniors Card holders.

Please note: This is for a standard appointment. If your affairs are complicated or more time is required, additional time may be charged.

For more information:

Public Trustee
Phone: 1800 068 784
Email: tpt@publictrustee.tas.gov.au
Web: www.publictrustee.tas.gov.au

The medical cooling or heating concession is a daily discount to eligible customers who have, or who live with a person who has, a medical condition that requires the cooling or heating of their main home to manage that medical condition.  

The current concession is 51.648 cents per day.

You must have:

• a Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card, or
• a Services Australia Health Care Card.

To apply, complete the Application Form, have it certified by your medical practitioner then submit it to your electricity retailer.

For more information

Contact your authorised retailer.

The 40% rebate on motor tax (which is included in motor vehicle registration) is available for:

• goods carrying vehicles (such as utes and vans), not used for any trade or business purposes, with a gross vehicle mass not over 4.5 tonnes.

The rebate is available to people who hold one of the following:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• DVA Veteran Gold or White Card
• eligible asylum seekers.

Note: This concession only applies to one vehicle registered in the name of the eligible person.

For more information:

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

A concession of $56 on MAIB third party insurance premiums is available for:

• motor vehicles (other than motorcycles) not over 4.5 tonnes (applies to one vehicle registered in the name of the eligible person).

The concession is available to people who hold one of the following:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• DVA Veteran Gold or White Card

or are:

• a member of the Transport Access Scheme (for people with a severe disability)
• eligible asylum seekers.

Note: The concession only applies to one vehicle of each type (i.e.  one car, one motorcycle, one trailer, one caravan) registered in the name of the eligible person. The discount is based on a 12-month payment period.

For more information:

Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: vru@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.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 reduced contribution charge for orthotic and prosthetic services is provided to eligible people whose costs are not met by other organisations such as MAIB, workers compensation, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs or the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

To access the service, clients must have a current referral from either a GP, an allied health professional or a medical specialist.

Those eligible for a reduced contribution include holders of one of the following:

• Services Australia or DVA* Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card.

* where DVA cardholders are not eligible under another scheme.

For more information:

Department of Health
Phone:

Orthotic Prosthetic Services Tasmania

(South): 6166 7377
(North): 6777 8562
(North-West): 6493 6272
Email: opst.tas@ths.tas.gov.au
Web: www.health.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

Financial assistance may be available for Tasmanians required to:

• travel more than 75 kilometres one way to access specialised health care services not available locally, or
• travel more than 50 kilometres one way to access the nearest cancer or dialysis treatment centre.

Patient travel assistance is not available for those eligible for assistance from other sources (such as MAIB, workers compensation, DVA, private health insurance, or NDIS).

Levels of assistance reflect the distance, type of travel and accommodation required.

Patient contribution towards travel

Patient contribution towards the cost of travel is $82.50 per trip and capped at $330 per financial year. Patient contribution towards the cost of travel is waived for eligible concession card holders.

Eligible concession cards are:

• Services Australia or DVA* Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card.

*where DVA cardholders are not eligible under another scheme.

For more information:

Department of Health

Patient Travel South

Phone: 6166 8225

Email: ptasrhh@ths.tas.gov.au

Patient Travel North

Phone: 6777 6249

Email: lgh.patient.travel@ths.tas.gov.au

Patient Travel North-West

Phone: 6477 7734

Email: nw.ptas@ths.tas.gov.au

Web: www.health.tas.gov.au/hospital/ptas

For more information on eligibility criteria and available subsidies download the PTAS Patient Guidelines at www.health.tas.gov.au/hospital/ptas

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

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

The application fee may be waived for people who have a:

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

The Right to Information Act 2009 (section 16) also provides other reasons which the application fee may be waived, including financial hardship (subsection (2) (a)).

For more information:

Contact the relevant Tasmanian Government agency on 1300 135 513.

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

Assistance to buy spectacles may be available to low-income families with:

• students from kindergarten to year 12 at government and non-government schools.

Parents/guardians who have been approved for the Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) or who hold one of the following cards are eligible to apply:

• Service Australia or Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Services Australia Low Income Health Care Card.

Approved applicants will receive assistance with the cost of one pair of standard prescribed lenses and standard frames from a participating optometrist in any 12-month period unless special circumstances apply (for example, a prescription change).

Assistance is also available to grandparents raising grandchildren.  Grandparents may need to provide proof that their grandchildren are legally in their care.

For more information:

Department for Education, Children and Young People
Phone: 1800 827 055
Email: FAU@decyp.tas.gov.au
Web: www.decyp.tas.gov.au

Discounted passenger fares* are available to cardholders of a Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card. Cardholders must provide their pension card number when they book. The card must still be current at the date of travel and presented at check-in.

*  Applicable to selected passenger fares, subject to availability.

Check the website www.spiritoftasmania.com.au for further terms, conditions and availability.

For more information:

Spirit of Tasmania
Phone: 132 010
Email: contactus@spiritoftasmania.com.au
Web: www.spiritoftasmania.com.au

The Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) provides assistance for low-income families with the cost of levies for:

• full-time students from kindergarten to year 12 at government and non-government schools.

Parents/guardians who hold one of the following current concession cards are eligible to apply:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card.
• Services Australia Health Care Card
• Services Australia Low Income Health Care Card.

Assistance to families in non-government schools is at the discretion of the school. Catholic schools directly assess eligibility for assistance to families.  Requests for assistance need to be directed to the relevant school.

Assistance is also available to grandparents raising grandchildren. Grandparents may need to provide proof that their grandchildren are legally in their care.

For more information:

Department for Education, Children and Young People
Phone: 1800 827 055
Email: stas@decypp.tas.gov.au
Web: www.decyp.tas.gov.au

A student bus pass for free travel provides free travel on one or more fare-charging bus services between home and school. Free travel applies between 6.00 am and 7.00 pm on school days for students who are:

• under 18 years or turning 18 years in the year of study, and
• a full-time student (600+ hours per year) enrolled at an education facility recognised by the Department for Education, Children and Young People

and who meet at least one of the following criteria:

• have a Service Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card or are listed as a dependant on the card
• are under a Care and Protection Order
• live in a rural area and are attending their Intake Area School, which is also located in a rural area, and there is no free bus service available to that school
• require a Free Transfer pass as they must transfer between two or more fare-charging bus operators between home and school.

For more information:

Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: bus.passes@stategrowth.tas.gov.au

Website:  Student bus pass for free travel – Transport Services

A student bus pass for free travel provides free travel on one or more fare-charging bus services between home and school. Free travel applies between 6.00 am and 7.00 pm on school days for students who are:

• under 18 years or turning 18 years in the year of study and
• a full-time student (600+ hours per year) enrolled at an education facility recognised by the Department for Education, Children and Young People

and who meet one or more of the following eligibility criteria:

• have a Service Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card or are listed as a dependant on the card are under a Care and Protection Order
• live in a rural area and are attending their Intake Area School, which is also located in a rural area, and there is no free bus service available to that school
• require a Free Transfer pass as they must transfer between 2 or more fare-charging bus operators between home and school.

For more information:

Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: bus.passes@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Website:  www.transport.tas.gov.au

TasEquip is a Department of Health Service that provides a range of equipment to eligible Tasmanians to help them with everyday tasks at home.

The aim is to help people who:

• wish to live independently at home
• transition home after acute care
• need help accessing education.

The equipment must be prescribed by the authorised therapist/prescriber. Some of the common equipment available for eligible clients includes, but it not limited to, shower chairs, walking aids, adjustable height seats, hoists, wheelchairs, and electric wheelchairs.

To be eligible, a person needs to meet all the following criteria:

• Live in Tasmania (for at least 3 months)
• Hold a Services Australia Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card
• Live in the community and not in residential aged care.
• Be ineligible for a Home Care Package level 3 or 4, workers compensation, MAIB, DVA* or NDIS**.
  • * DVA Health Card holders should contact DVA to check their potential eligibility.

TasEquip is designed to support people who do not have alternative funding sources. Clients are ineligible for TasEquip if they Home Care Package level 3 or 4, workers compensation, MAIB, DVA or NDIS.

NDIS clients should contact the NDIS for all repair, replacement and modification to any disability equipment, even if that equipment was originally sourced from TasEquip.

• If you are aged under 65 and have a disability, it is essential that you contact the NDIS to determine your eligibility.
• You can contact the National Disability Insurance Agency, (NDIA) on 1800 800 110 or enquiries@ndis.gov.au. They can provide advice about eligibility for the NDIS, how to access the scheme or answer any questions about a NDIS plan.

For more information:

TasEquip -  Phone 1300 827 387

South
Phone: 6166 7393
Email: southtasequip@ths.tas.gov.au 

North
Phone: 6777 4336
Email: nthtasequip@ths.tas.gov.au 

North-West
Phone:  6478 5599
Email: nwtasequip@ths.tas.gov.au 

Web: www.health.tas.gov.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 registration for sport and recreation activities are available for children aged 5-18 who are listed on Services Australia Health Care Cards, Pensioner Concession Cards or who are in Out of Home Care.

Vouchers can be used towards registration fees at approved sporting clubs, learn to swim centres, Scouts, Girl Guides, Cadet organisations and dance studios.

Two vouchers worth up to $100 each will be issued for each eligible child in 2023-24. Both vouchers may be used for the one activity, or each voucher may be used separately at different activity providers.

Find out about approved activity providers and how to apply for a voucher on the Ticket to Play website.

For more information:

Active Tasmania, Department of State Growth
Phone: 1800 252 476
Email: tickettoplay@active.tas.gov.au
Web: https://tickettoplay.tas.gov.au

A reduction on the normal tuition fee for government subsidised program for each qualification or skill set is available to enrolled students who:

• are receiving a Centrelink allowance such as Newstart, Youth Allowance, Disability Support Pension, a Pension, Austudy or Abstudy
• are listed on a current Centrelink Card as a dependant
• hold a current Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card, or
• hold a current Services Australia Health Care Card.

For more information:

TasTAFE
Phone: 1300 655 307
Web: www.tastafe.tas.edu.au

The discounts listed below are based on a 12-month payment period. Discounts on vehicle registration fees are available for:

• motor vehicles (other than motorcycles) not over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass ($55.37)
• trailers (including caravans) ($27.97)
• motorcycles ($50.07).

Vehicle registration discounts are available to people who hold a:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Heath 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.

Note: This concession only applies to one vehicle of each type (i.e. one car, one motorcycle, one trailer, one caravan) registered in the name of the eligible person. This concession applies to registration fees, road safety and fire levies.

For more information:

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

For people who hold a Vision Impairment Travel Pass, their guide dog and attendant travel for free on all  Tasmanian public  buses.

Applicants for this card must hold a current Pensioner Concession Card endorsed for Disability Support Pension Blind or Age Blind Pension, or a DVA (Blind) Pension, or provide an assessment by an opthalmologist.

The concession is also available to an accompanying mobility instructor authorised by Guide Dogs Tasmania.

For more information:

Department of State Growth

Phone: 1300 135 513

Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au

Website: www.transport.tas.gov.au

Financial assistance is available for the purchase of glasses for pre-school aged children and adults. Low vision aids, prostheses and intraocular implants are subsidised up to $413.30 per item.

Eligible people include:

• a permanent Tasmanian residents for at least three continuous months immediately  before they apply (refugees not required to satisfy this criteria) and
• able to satisfy the means test.

Other persons eligible to apply include:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card holders
• DVA Veteran White Card holders (accepted conditions only)
• low income earners under hardship provisions, and
• persons not able to claim from private health insurance, workers compensation or any other source.

To receive the subsidy, an application form must be completed and sent with the prescription to the Statewide Spectacles Scheme.

This subsidy does not cover school aged children; however they may be eligible for assistance from the Department for Education, Children and Young People. Refer to Education - Spectacles Assistance in this Guide for further information.

Note: People who can claim from private health insurance, workers’ compensation or any other source are not eligible to apply.

For more information:

Spectacles Assistance Scheme, Department of Health 
Phone: 1800 232 148
Web: Eyes and vision (Ophthalmology) | Tasmanian Department of Health

Eligible TasWater customers can receive a Tasmanian Government funded discount of up to $226.66 ($113.33 for water charges and $113.33 for sewerage charges) for the 2023-24 financial year.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible for the concessions, individuals must be legally responsible for the TasWater account, and occupy the property as their main home.

Eligible concessions are:

• Services Australia Health Care Card, or
• Services Australian or DVA Pensioner Concession Card, or
• DVA Veteran Gold Card.

Customers are encouraged to submit their application at the start of the financial year (1 July 2023) to ensure they have access to the full discounted amount, as the concession can only be applied from the date it is received.

TasWater is required to verify your eligibility for a concession with Centrelink or DVA, which requires you to provide consent for us to share your information with Centrelink or DVA.

For more information:

TasWater
Phone: 136 992
Email: enquiries@taswater.com.au
Web: www.taswater.com.au/Your-Account/Concessions-and-Rebates

Financial assistance is available to cancer and alopecia patients who are referred by a doctor and have a:

• Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card , or
• DVA Veterans Card and meet specific criteria (contact DVA on 1800 VETERAN (1800 838 372) for more information.

For more information:

Department of Health
Phone:

Royal Hobart Hospital: 6166 8308
Launceston General Hospital: 6777 6477
Devonport Community Health & Service Centre: 6478 6119