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Eligibility for Special Assistance Schemes
The following people may be eligible for special assistance:
Balimed - 12 October 2002
- Australian survivors
- Family and friends of Australian survivors and Australians who died
- Eligible foreign nationals
Tsunami - 26 December 2004
- Australian residents present in a tsunami affected area when the tsunami struck
- Expatriate Australian citizens and permanent visa holders who were present in a tsunami affected area when the tsunami struck
- Immediate family members of Australian victims.
London bombings - 7 July 2005
- Australians injured as a direct result of the bombings
- Australians not physically injured but were in London and directly exposed to the aftermath of the bombings
- Immediate family members of Australians who died, were physically injured or were seriously psychologically injured as a result of the bombings
- Immediate family members of non-Australians who died as a result of the bombings.
Bali bombings - 1 October 2005
- Australian survivors
- Immediate family members of Australian survivors and Australians who died
- Eligible foreign nationals.
Dahab, Egypt bombing 24 April 2006
- Australians physically injured by the bomb or physically affected by the bombing
- Australians not physically injured but directly exposed to the aftermath
- Family members of an Australian who died or was physically injured or seriously psychologically injured as a result of the bombing
- A family member of a non-Australian who died