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Bungree Aboriginal Association provides a wide range of culturally informed, high-impact services to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people across multiple regions in New South Wales. These services include housing, disability, transport, and health services.

If your child has a disability permit and there is limited street parking on your street, you can contact your local council and discuss having a disabled spot added in front of your house. You will then be able to park here with your child’s disability permit.

Mobility and Accessibility for Children provides a national information resource about the safe transportation of children with disability.

TripView creates trip plans for metro, train, bus, ferry, light rail and coach services. It will list all timetabled services with real-time data, including accessibility information for services.

A guideline on safe car travel: children and teenagers with disability, medical conditions or other needs.

A guideline on Family travel and children with disability, autism or other additional needs.

If you receive the Commonwealth Carer Allowance you may be eligible for a refund on some of the vehicle tax paid when registering a vehicle.

The Qantas Carer Concession Card is issued to people with significant support requirements who through a physical, sensory, intellectual, cognitive, or psychosocial disability are unable to travel on the aircraft without the full-time assistance of a carer.

The taxi transport subsidy scheme (TTSS) supports NSW residents who are unable to use public transport because of a severe and permanent disability. If you’re eligible, you could receive a subsidy of 50% of a taxi fare, up to a maximum subsidy of $60 and only pay the remaining fare.

If you’re severely vision impaired, you can apply for a vision impaired person (VIP) travel pass. The pass entitles you to free (or concession) travel on public transport in NSW.

IPTAAS may be able to give you financial assistance with your travel and accommodation expenses if you need to travel long distances for specialist medical treatment.

Patients and carers may be eligible for concession rates on parking at NSW Health public hospitals. To be eligible you need to be requiring treatment over an extended period, OR, attending hospital more than twice a week (including carers of long-term patients who visit frequently).

Hospark helps you find information on parking, services offered and directions to public hospitals across NSW. You can use online via webpage or download the app for your phone.

If the person you care for has a physical impairment, they can get an Australian disability parking permit that allows them to park in disabled parking areas. Their physical impairment can be temporary or permanent, and you will need a doctor’s certificate to apply.