Eligible cards and payments for the Energy Bill Relief Fund for households
To get bill relief you must get one of these eligible cards or payments in the state or territory you live in.
ACT
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in ACT are:
- ACT Services Access Card
- Low Income Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card
- PoW, TPI, and War Widow DVA Gold Cards.
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing ACT Utilities Concession scheme.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in ACT are:
- all other DVA Gold Cards
- Carer Allowance
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Family Tax Benefit
- Health Care Card.
If you hold or receive one of these cards or payments you will be contacted by DVA in July or by Services Australia in September to tell you what you need to do.
NSW
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in NSW are:
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Family Tax Benefit
- Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card
- Recipients of Life Support Rebate
- DVA Gold Cards marked with either ‘War Widow’ or ‘War Widower Pension’ or ‘Totally and Permanently Incapacitated’ (TPI) or ‘Disability Pension’ (EDA).
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing NSW Electricity concession rebates and assistance schemes.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in NSW are:
- all other DVA Gold Cards
- Carer Allowance
- Low Income Health Care Card.
If you hold or receive one of these cards or payments you will be contacted by DVA in July 2023 or Services Australia in September 2023 to tell you what you need to do.
Northern Territory
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in NT are:
- DVA Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- DVA Orange Card
- DVA Pensioner Concession Card
- Parenting Payment single
- Pensioner Concession Card if you get Age Pension or Disability Support Pension
- TPI, and War Widow DVA Gold Cards.
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing NT Electricity concession scheme.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in NT are:
- all other DVA Gold Cards
- Carer Allowance
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Family Tax Benefit
- Health Care Card
- Indigenous Essential Services
- Low Income Health Care Card.
If you hold or receive one of these cards or payments you will be contacted by DVA in July 2023 or Services Australia in September 2023 to tell you what you need to do.
Victoria
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in Victoria are:
- DVA Gold Cards
- Health Care Card
- Low Income Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card.
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing Victorian Electricity concession scheme.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in Victoria are:
- Carer Allowance
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Family Tax Benefit.
If you hold or receive one of these cards or payments you will be contacted by DVA in July 2023 or Services Australia in September 2023 to tell you what you need to do.
Queensland
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in Queensland are:
- Health Care Card
- Immicard
- Low Income Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card
- QLD Seniors Card
- TPI and War Widow DVA Gold Cards.
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing QLD Electricity concession scheme.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in Queensland are:
- all other DVA Gold Cards
- Carer Allowance
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Family Tax Benefit.
If you hold or receive one of these cards or payments you will be contacted by DVA in July or Services Australia in September to tell you what you need to do.
Western Australia
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in Western Australia are:
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Health Care Cards (including Low Income Health Care Card)
- Pensioner Concession Card
- DVA Gold Cards.
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing WA Electricity concession scheme.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in Western Australia are:
- Carer Allowance
- Family Tax Benefit.
If you receive one of these payments you will be contacted by DVA in July 2023 or Services Australia in September 2023 to tell you what you need to do.
South Australia
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in South Australia are:
- ABSTUDY
- Austudy
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Community Development Program
- Farm Household Allowance
- Asylum seekers
- JobSeeker Payment
- Low Income Health Care Card
- New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
- Parenting Payment
- Partner Allowance
- Pensioner Concession Card
- Special Benefit
- TPI, EDA, War Widow and 80 OIP DVA Gold Cards
- War widow pension under legislation of the United Kingdom or New Zealand
- Widow Allowance
- Youth Allowance.
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing SA Electricity concession scheme.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in South Australia are:
- all other DVA Gold Cards
- Carer Allowance
- Family Tax Benefit
- Health Care Cards.
If you receive one of these payments you will be contacted by DVA in July 2023 or Services Australia in September 2023 to tell you what you need to do.
Tasmania
Eligible cards and payments for existing rebates in Tasmania are:
- Health Care Cards
- ImmiCard
- Pensioner Concession Card.
If you hold one of these cards you are eligible for the existing Tas Electricity concession scheme.
Newly eligible cards and payments for bill relief in Tasmania are:
- Carer Allowance
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- DVA Gold Cards
- Family Tax Benefit
- Low Income Health Care Card.
If you receive one of these payments you will be contacted by DVA in July 2023 or Services Australia in September 2023 to tell you what you need to do.
