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Eligible pensioners can receive a subsidy of up to $120 per year off the cost of water usage and access charges. This is up to $30 every quarter for eligible customers in Moreton Bay, the Sunshine Coast and Noosa.

The subsidy is set and managed by the Queensland Government and is allowed on only one property at a time.

Please note: Senior Card holders are not eligible for the Pensioner Water Subsidy. 

If you are not currently receiving the Pensioner Water Subsidy, please confirm that you are eligible below.

Pensioner subsidy eligibility

To be eligible for a Pensioner Water Subsidy you must have one of the below:

  • Queensland Pensioner Concession Card (issued by Centrelink)

  • Department of Veterans' Affairs Repatriation Health Card for all conditions (Gold Card)

and be the following:

  • the owner or life tenant* of the property

  • the property must also be your principal place of residence 

  • responsible for payment of water charges for the property. 

Further information on the subsidy criteria is available from the Queensland Government website. 

*A life tenant is: a) not the property owner, b) under the terms of a will, legally able to reside at the premises for the term of their life, and c) responsible for payment of relevant charges applied to the property. If you are a life tenant, please provide a certified copy of the legal documents that provide evidence of your life tenancy when you make you Pensioner Water Subsidy application.

 

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How to apply

1. Simply fill in our online form below

or

2. Call our Customer Service team on 1300 086 489.

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