Travel allowances under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA), the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006 and the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019 are increased annually on 1 July in line with the Consumer Price Index.
The increase applies to the private vehicle kilometre rate, meal and accommodation allowances for eligible Veteran Card holders travelling for treatment, or for disability and income support claims.
Visit the DVA website for more information. If you want to talk to someone you can:
- Phone us between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday on 1800 VETERAN (1800 838 372).
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Type of allowance |
Measure |
New allowance from 1 July 2025 |
Travel with attendant † |
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Private vehicle |
Per kilometre |
44.3 cents |
X1 |
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Public, community or air transport |
Actual fare |
Actual fare |
X2 |
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Taxi transport |
Actual fare |
Actual fare |
X1 |
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Commercial accommodation non capital city – single* |
Per night |
$183.30 |
X2 |
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Commercial accommodation Capital city – single* |
Per night |
$217.70 |
X2 |
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Entitled person and attendant – commercial accommodation – shared* |
Per night |
$298.10 |
X1 |
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Subsidised accommodation – single* |
Per night |
$114.50 |
X2 |
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Private accommodation – single* |
Per night |
$57.00 |
X2 |
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Meal allowance – more than 50 km but less than 200 km from entitled person’s home to the treatment location |
Per day |
$18.20 |
X2 |
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Meal allowance – more than 200 km from entitled person’s home to the treatment location |
Per day |
$37.10 |
X2 |
* A meal allowance is not paid on a day where an accommodation allowance is paid as a meal component is already built into the accommodation allowance.
† Refers to the number of times an allowance is paid when an entitled person travels with an attendant.