[dbaust] Assistance Scheme - Government to provide free accessible set-top boxes

From: "Di Hartman" <diandjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dbaust@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:35:51 +1000
Household Assistance Scheme


What is the Household Assistan

www.digitalready.gov.au/government-assistance/household-assistance-schem.asp
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The Household Assistance Scheme is a program run by the Australian
government. It provides assistance to older Australians, veterans and people
with disabilities, or their carers.


If you are eligible, the scheme provides the following package free of
charge:


a high definition set-top box
a demonstration of your new equipment and instructions on how to use it
12 months warranty, service and technical support. 


If you own your home, you may be eligible for necessary upgrades to cabling
and antenna systems. If you live in an area that cannot receive terrestrial
TV, the scheme provides equipment to receive free-to-air TV via satellite.


Am I eligible?
You may be eligible for help if:
you have not yet converted to digital TV (if you can watch ABC2, SBSTWO,
7TWO, GO! or Eleven, then you have access to digital TV)
you have a working TV, and
you receive the full rate of one of the following payments:
Age Pension
Disability Support Pension
Carer Payment
Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Service Pension
DVA Income Support Supplement


If you already have digital equipment, you might still be eligible for help
if you cannot get good reception.
Applying for the scheme



How do I apply?
Letters inviting potentially eligible individuals to opt into the Scheme
will be sent out approximately six months before each area is due to
switchover. The letter will invite you to contact Centrelink to check your
eligibility.
If you are eligible, a service contractor will then call you to make an
appointment for a qualified installer to come to your home and provide the
installation. The service contractor or installer will not charge you for
this service. If you have any doubts about the identity of the contractor,
please call 1800 20 10 13.
Please note that the demonstration of the set top box by the installer and
the reference material that they leave behind will be in English.


When can I apply?
The Household Assistance Scheme is available for six months before and one
month after the switch to digital in your region. Check mySwitch for
information on when your region is switching. 


Early switchover areas
Early assistance is available in some areas of southern and central NSW, the
ACT and MIA that are switching to free-to-air digital TV early or receiving
new digital services.
These areas include: Batlow; Bungendore; Conder; Cootamundra; Eastgrove;
Eugowra; Grenfell; Gulgong;  Gundagai; Harden; Junee; Mount Kembla; Mudgee
Town; Narrandera; Narromine; Narooma; Peak Hill; Tura Beach/Merimbula;
Warren/Trangie; Wellington; and West Wyalong.
Centrelink is writing to eligible people in these areas with information
about how to apply for free help under the Household Assistance Scheme. If
you live in one of these areas and believe you are eligible you should check
your eligibility now by calling 1800 556 443.
For more information about early switchover areas, click the 'Early
switchover towns' link provided below under 'Related information'.


Need more information?
You can find out more about the Household Assistance Scheme, including the
scheme guidelines, information about the scheme's installers and user guides
by visiting the 'HAS Information' section of the 'Brochures and info sheets'
page. A link is provided below under 'Related information'.
http://www.digitalready.gov.au/info-centre/brochures/HAS-information.aspx


See website for more information and application forms.
http://www.digitalready.gov.au/info-centre/brochures/HAS-information.aspx


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[dbaust] Assistance Scheme - Government to provide free accessible set-top boxes

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