Country Age Pension Fuel Card

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Overview
Who is eligible for a Country Age Pension Fuel Card?
How to apply for a Country Age Pension Fuel Card?
Where is the nearest participating fuel outlet?
What taxi companies are participating?
More information


Overview
The Country Age Pension Fuel Card is delivering on a Royalties for Regions commitment by the State Government to provide more support for the transport needs of age pensioners living in country areas.

Country age pensioners generally do not have access to extensive public transport and often have to rely on their own means to travel. The Country Age Pension Fuel Card provides eligible age pensioners with up to $500 a year towards the cost of fuel and taxi travel from participating providers.

Launched by Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls on 30 April 2009, the Country Age Pension Fuel Card is the first of its kind in Australia. View the Media statement.


Who is eligible for a Country Age Pension Fuel Card?
To be eligible for a Country Age Pension Fuel Card, you must be receiving an Age Pension from Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (Age Service Pension or Social Security Age Pension).

The card is limited to one per couple per financial year.

You do not have to own a car or have a current driver’s licence to be eligible for the fuel card.


You must also be a permanent resident of an eligible non-metropolitan (country) local government area.

Click here to view a list of the eligible local government areas



How to apply for a Country Age Pension Fuel Card
You must apply using the Country Age Pension Fuel Card application form, which is available from participating country post offices.

Click here to find your nearest participating post office and select Bank@Post™ or call 13 13 18.

You must present your Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs Pensioner Concession Card when submitting your application form at a participating post office.

It should take about four weeks for your application to be processed and for your Country Age Pension Fuel Card to be posted to you with information about how to use your card.

It is important to note that your name and addresses (residential and postal) on the application form must exactly match your Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs record.



Where is the nearest participating fuel outlet?

Fuel outlets displaying the Motorpass logo are participating in the scheme.

Click here for a list of participating fuel outlets

Click here to find the cheapest fuel in your area.

Please note the fuel outlets offering the best prices on the FuelWatch website may not be Motorpass merchants.



What taxi companies are participating?

Taxis displaying the Cabcharge logo are participating in the scheme.





More information
You can call the Country Age Pension Fuel Card Information Line on 1300 666 609 for more information, including:

• card balances
• reporting a lost or stolen card
• to update your details

The line will operate between 8.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, for general information and 24 hours a day for lost and stolen cards.

Click here for full Terms and Conditions of the Country Age Pension Fuel Card

Click here to view the Australian Tax Office information on the Country Age Pension Fuel Card.

Click here for Country Age Pension Fuel Card Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)