Pensioner fuel card in W.A.

[Banker]

Country Age Pension Fuel Card - Travel Assistance in Western Australia

Also for DSP.

A Country Age Pension Fuel Card allows the cardholder to purchase up to $500 of fuel and taxi travel from participating providers, (ie. to purchase petrol, autogas, diesel and taxi fares). Eligible applicants live in non-metropolitan areas and do not need to hold a driver's licence or own a vehicle. Eligible applicants are entitled to one card per financial year. One card is issued per couple and cards are non-transferable. If cardholders remain eligible they are entitled to a new card every year. The Fuel Card may be used by a nominated person to transport the eligible person. For all Fuel Card transactions both the cardholder's Pensioner Concession Card and Fuel Card must be presented to the participating provider at the point of purchase.​

How to Apply

Visit a participating country post office and complete and lodge the Country Age Pension Fuel Card Application Form. The applicant will be required to produce their current Pensioner Concession Card when lodging the Fuel Card application form. Telephone the Fuel Card Information Line on 1300 666 609 to locate your nearest participating post office.​

Eligibility

People are eligible if they live in a non-metropolitan area of Western Australia and are receiving either an Age Pension, Carer Payment, Disability Support Pension, Wife Pension or Widow B Pension from Centrelink, or a Department of Veterans' Affairs Service Pension, Social Security Age Pension or Income Support Supplement.​

www.concessions.wa.gov.au/Concessions/Pages/Country-Age-Pension-Fuel-Card---travel-assistance-in-Western-Australia.aspx

[peter]

Yes, it is a grant! But WA has plenty of royalty money.

Its also a good social move keep people out of Perth and in the regions.

That is a good step in Australia where 80% live in metropolitan areas and regional Australia is left nearly empty.

[Denis-NFA]

and it was designed to allow pensioners outside subsidised public transport areas to enjoy a benefit assessed at $500.

[Banker]

Any extra they give pensioners is a good thing.

[zorro1]

This will also attract the grey nomad type of pensioner. I wonder what the criteria will be as this card has the potential to be exploited

[peter]

Not much criteria. Just a country address. No need to own a car. But petrol card is personal issue.........the one its issued to must use it.

Good idea to balance things out. All pensioners get a half price public transport concession card, but its not any good if there is no public transport. So as always, the city people have been collecting and the bush has been giving.

There are other things that they could do as well to even the city versus regions imbalance. It used to be the argument about the country pays more because of transport.............and phones in years when phones were phones. And it is still true today.

If they want some more ideas.........give a bigger rebate to pensioner electricity bills for those in the bush................or to make it more radical................to get people out of the city...................give a bigger Centrelink rent allowance for those with regional post codes prepared to decamp from the city to make way for the migrants and refugees, overseas students and backpacker visa holders.