Cost of living measures for 2025

02 Jan 2025

From 1 January 2025, some new and expanded cost of living measures commenced so please check you are receiving your full benefits. 

Health Care Card holders can access concession travel on public transport, and families now benefit from a renewed material and services subsidy of $200 per public school student. 

In another change, eligible South Australians living in share houses now have access to household concessions, ensuring individuals living in shared accommodation, including those with disability, can equally benefit from these concessions. 

Eligibility and access to the Glasses SA subsidy has also now been extended, to help more South Australians with the cost of acquiring new glasses each year. 

Other cost of living measures that came into effect on 1 January 2025 include:

• Increased access to and the level of support available under the Emergency Electricity Payment Scheme, assisting an additional 1300 households experiencing bill hardship;
• Expanded access to the funeral assistance scheme by increasing the current asset threshold from $3000 to $4000;
• Improved access to Changing Places facilities for around 10,000 Companion Card holders;
• Improving the Home Dialysis Concession; and
• Access to concessions for about 500 asylum seekers.

These measures join continuing cost of living initiatives such as the Commonwealth energy bill relief ($300 per household), doubled cost of living concessions for eligible South Australians, and free public transport for Seniors Card holders.

For further information, call Concessions SA on 1800 307 758 or email [email protected]