About the Life Support Equipment Energy Subsidy
The subsidy helps with the energy cost of running life support equipment at home under specialist advice. Each listed item has its own yearly amount, and the payment goes straight into your bank account.
Oxygen concentrators attract the largest amounts: $1,011 for a standard adult unit, $1,460 for a high-capacity unit and $1,517 for a child. CPAP machines are covered only for specified life-threatening conditions and, for adults, usage over four hours a night.
You need a means-tested card: a Pensioner Concession Card, Health Care Card or Health Care Interim Voucher. The Commonwealth Seniors Health Card does not qualify for this subsidy.
Who can get it
- You are the patient, or the guardian or primary carer of a patient, who depends on specified life support equipment at home under specialist medical advice.
- You hold a Pensioner Concession Card, Health Care Card or Health Care Interim Voucher. The Commonwealth Seniors Health Card does not qualify.
- The equipment is prescribed by a relevant medical practitioner, or by a GP working from a specialist's written diagnosis.
| Card or payment | Eligible |
|---|---|
| Pensioner Concession Card | Yes |
| Health Care Card | Yes |
How much you can get
| Equipment | Per year |
|---|---|
| Oxygen concentrator (child) | $1,517 |
| Oxygen concentrator (adult, high capacity) | $1,460 |
| Oxygen concentrator (adult, standard) | $1,011 |
| CPAP machine (criteria apply) | $530 |
| Ventilator (VPAP or BPAP) | $530 |
| Heart pump (not a pacemaker) | $478 |
| Apnoea monitor (child only) | $304 |
| Suction pump | $240 |
| Feeding pump | $181 |
| Machine-assisted peritoneal dialysis | $112 |
| Nebuliser (criteria apply) | $58 |
How to apply
- Apply online through RevenueWAConnect. Your health practitioner is then emailed to complete the medical authorisation.
- Or use the paper application form with the completed medical authorisation attached.
How it is paid: Into your nominated bank account, within 10 working days of approval.
Contact: RevenueWA energy subsidies, 08 9262 1486. Official information.
Moving or switching retailer?
Concessions applied by your retailer do not always move with you. When you move house or switch, give your card details to the new retailer and check the next bill. See how to claim a concession.
Other energy help in Western Australia
- Energy Assistance Payment: $377.14 a year.
- Dependent Child Rebate: $396.56 for one child, plus $103.91 for each additional child.
- Air Conditioning Rebate: $78.98 a year.
- Thermoregulatory Dysfunction Energy Subsidy: $832 a year.
- Hardship Utility Grant Scheme (HUGS): 85% of the debt, up to $640, or $1,060 north of the 26th parallel.
See every program on our Western Australia rebates page.
Common questions
Only in specified cases. For adults, it must be prescribed for conditions such as obesity hypoventilation syndrome or other life-threatening disease, with use over four hours a night. The subsidy is $530 a year.
$1,011 a year for a standard adult unit, $1,460 for a high-capacity unit and $1,517 for a child.
Within 10 working days of approval, into your nominated bank account.
Sources
Every rate on this page comes from the regulator or the regulated retailer. Last checked October 2026. Prices include GST unless we say otherwise.