Notice Board - Happenings around Mosman
This is information about local events and other things happening around Mosman
IMPORTANT: Mosman Probus lists these for information and has NO INTEREST IN, DOES NOT PROMOTE and does NOT receive ANY FINANCIAL BENEFIT from information below.
News
Seniors Energy Rebate — worth $200 if you're eligible
The NSW Government's Seniors Energy Rebate is back open for the 2026/27 financial year (applications opened 10 August). It's worth $200 off your electricity bill, but it only applies if you hold a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC) — not a Pensioner Concession Card or DVA Gold Card, which have their own separate rebate. You must be the named account holder on the bill, and you can't claim this alongside the Low Income Household Rebate.
Apply online via Service NSW (you'll need a MyServiceNSW account), or in person at a service centre, or by phone on 13 77 88.
👉 Apply here
Opal Card — New "Tap and Pay" Option (and a deadline to know about)
Transport NSW has rolled out a new way to pay concession fares: linking your Seniors Card and a credit/debit card to your phone via a Transport Connect account, so you tap your phone instead of your physical Gold Opal card.
Important: if you go through the application and choose to switch to Tap and Pay, you have until the end of August to trial it. After that, your physical Opal card is deactivated — you can't go back to it once you've made the switch active.
If you're happy with your physical Opal card, you don't need to do anything — it isn't being taken away from you. This only affects you if you actively apply to switch.
If you do switch: any remaining balance on your physical Opal card isn't automatically refunded — you need to separately apply to Transport NSW to have it paid back to your bank account. Don't switch without doing this, or you risk losing whatever's left on the card.