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Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card

Cetnrelink Pensioner Concession Card

The card is available to people who are:

  • permanent Australian residents, and do not leave Australia for more than 13 weeks at a time
  • receiving a social security pension or qualifying allowance.

The card can also be issued to some people receiving social security benefits such as those aged 60 or over who receive long-term income support. Some people who are in the Pension Loan Scheme or the Community Development Employment Project are also eligible.

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs also issues a Pensioner Concession Card with a different set of eligibility criteria.

For more information:

Phone: 13 23 00
Web: www.centrelink.gov.au

 

Concessions available:

Rates remission Enteral feeds and supplements
Electricity Continuous Positive Airways Pressure Program
Heating Driver's licence
Buses Recreational sea fishing licences
Bass Strait Islands air travel concessions Recreational angling licence
Bruny Island ferry service Recreational game licence
Taxis Firearms fees
Spirit of Tasmania Motor vehicle registration
Patient travel Motor tax (40 per cent rebate)
TAFE tuition fees Motor vehicle registration compulsory third party insurance
Adult Education Port Arthur Historic Site
Dental services National Parks passes
Visual aids The Hastings Experience and Mole Creek Caves
Pharmaceuticals Overland Track
Community equipment scheme Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Orthotics/prosthetics Land tax on general land
Breast prosthesis Making a will
Pressure garments for lymphoedema Freedom of information (FOI) requests
Wigs for cancer and alopecia patients Access to computers and the Internet
 

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