Transport / Bass Strait Islands (King Island and Flinders Island)
Bass Strait Islands Age Pension Air Travel Subsidy
Pensioners on King or Flinders Island get half of one return flight to mainland Tasmania back each year.
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What you need to check
You must live on a Bass Strait island and be 65 or older. You need a Pensioner Concession Card (from Centrelink or Veterans’ Affairs). You get 50% back on one return trip to mainland Tasmania each financial year (1 July to 30 June). You must book, pay for and take the trip first, then claim.
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