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Concession
Entitlements
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Pensioner
Concession Card (PCC)
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Low
Income Health Care Card (HCC)
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Commonwealth
Seniors Health Card (CSHC)
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Eligibility Criteria
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Receipt of Age
Pension,
Disability Support
Pension or
Carer Payment.
Other payments may
attract the PCC with concession variations.
Pension eligibility based on both an income & asset test.
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Over 16
Assessable income over
last 8 weeks
Single - $546 per week
Couple - $943 per week
No asset test
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Age Pension age.
Adjusted taxable
income including deemed income on account based pension balances.
Single - $53,799 pa
Couple - $86,076 pa
Illness separated
couple -
$107,598 pa
No asset test
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Prescriptions
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Cardholder & dependants
Usually $6.40 per
script.
Safety net reached at
$384 pa
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Cardholder & dependants
Usually $6.40 per
script.
Safety net reached at
$384 pa
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Cardholder only
Usually $6.40 per
script.
Safety net reached at
$384 pa
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General
patients
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Up to $39.50 per script. Safety net reached at $1,521.80 per
calendar year.
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Extended
Medicare Safety Net (patient’s gap)
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$668.10 pa
General
patients - $2,093.30 pa
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$668.10 pa
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$668.10 pa
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Ambulance
Service
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Council
Rates
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50% reduction on rates and waste
management services up to a maximum of $250.
Hardship rate relief available.
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Electricity
– Low Income Household Rebate
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$285 p.a. per
household, or
$313.50 p.a. for
residents of retirement villages & caravan parks. Paid by retailer.
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Electricity
– Life Support Rebate
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Applied by retailer
for users of approved life support equipment
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Gas
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Gas rebate applied by
retailer
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Water
& Sewage
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Free service charge,
80% reduction on
sewerage service charge
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Motor
Vehicle
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Free registration, one
concession per card,
Free driver’s licence
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Metropolitan
Railways,
Sydney
Ferries
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Pensioner Opal Card
$2.50 per day (not
including Sydney Airport stations)
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Can apply for Transport Concession
Entitlement Card
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Countrylink
Trains
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4 Pensioner Travel Vouchers @ $10, or 15% of
peak adult fare.
$2.50 daily Country
Excursion Ticket with multiple stops, but not to Sydney, Newcastle or
Wollongong. 50% reduction for interstate train fares.
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Can apply for Transport Concession
Entitlement Card
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Photo
Card,
Recreational
Fishing Licence,
Firearm
Licence
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Free
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Boat
and Personal Watercraft Licence
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50% reduction.
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