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Insulation Rebate - Now Cancelled!

Effective from 22 April 10

The Insulation rebate was originally halted on 19 February 10 and a new Insulation Rebate was set to commence from 1 Jun 10, however the government has now decided to stop the program altogether.

The remaining $1billion available for the program will be used to perform safety inspections on 200,000 homes insulated with batts and further 50,000 homes insulated with foil insulation. The government estimates that it will be inspect around 4,000 homes a week - which will take about 8 months or more to perform. It is estimated from previous inspections that 17.6% of the 1.1million homes insulation under the rebate have none compliance issues including poor or under performing batts and 7.6% of homes have safety issues relating to the installation of insulation. If you are concerned about your insulation please refer to more information about

a) Foil Electrical Safety Inspections
b) Insulation Batts Safety Inspections


Home Insulation Rebate -  Now Cancelled

The following information is for reference purpose only -

As part of the Government's $42 billion economy stimulus package - $2.4 billion has been allocated to
insulating the estimated 40% of Australian homes that do not currently have ceiling or roof insulation.

See if you home or rental property qualifies for $1200 insulation rebate.
Note as of 1 November Landlords and Tenants are now eligible for up to $1200 in Insulation Rebates. 

Insulation Rebate Check List  -
If you can answer Yes to the following questions then you qualify for the Federal Government's
Home Insulation Rebate.  (Note The Landlord's Rebate has now been disbanded and is now
covered under the same rebate and amount for $1200 as for householders)

You are either a:

  1. Householder - You are the owner and occupier of the home to be insulated and you an
    Australian citize    n or permanent resident aged 18 years over. Or you are a
  2. Landlord or Tenant - Are you the Landlord of the dwelling where the Ceiling Insulation is
    to be installed and:
  • an Australian citizen or permanent resident aged 18 years or over; or
  • a corporate entity incorporated in Australia; or
  • the Tenant of a dwelling owned by a Landlord who has evidence of the Landlord’s
    permission (letter from the Landlord or Landlord’s agent) to install Ceiling Insulation
    in that dwelling under the Home Insulation Program and to sign the Work Order Form
    including giving a release on the Landlord’s behalf;
And -  (common to both Homeowners and Landlords) 
  • You have permission from other owner/s (if the property is jointly owned or tenants in common.)
  • You have the approval to insulate your home from your body corporate (if applicable.)
  • You have not received the solar hot water rebate for your home after 3 February 2009.
  • Your home was built before 2003 New homes or extensions built after 2003 are not eligible for the
    rebate as they are covered by the home energy efficiency program and changes to the builders code. 
  • Your home does NOT already have roof or ceiling insulation installed (or your insulation meets the
    requirements for negligible effectiveness    ). Note. If your home is partly insulated (i.e insulation was
    installed in say a new extension you are still allowed to insulate the remainder of your home under
    the rebate assuming it is not already insulated.)


The Rebate Does Not Cover;


If you answered YES to all the above then you are eligible for the rebate and You can now apply for
and/or learn more about how the  Home Insulation Rebate Works



 

For the full details on the Federal Government's - (recommended)


 

 

For Further Information:
Government's website on the Homeowner's Insulation Package including frequently asked questions:
http://www.environment.gov.au/energyefficiency/insulation-homeowner.html or call the official
governments insulation hotline on 1800 808 571

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