Re: [NSW, OT] Rail passes

["Graham Smith" <dysonsmith@hunterlink.net.au>]

If you were reading the newspapers in the last week or so, it was predicted
that the cost of the school transport subsidy scheme will reach almost half
a billion dollars within the next couple of years. This is the result of the
Greiner-Metherell madness which said that any child could attend any school
regardless of location, and receive free travel to get there. Every attempt
to rein it in since it was introduced over a decade ago has led to howls of
protest from those who benefit from it. Even a limited co-payment of $10 per
term  proposed by the NSW Govt a couple of years ago failed due to the
screams of this interest group. I have had three children entitled to use
the scheme, and I'm quite willing to meet a co-payment, if it lessens the
demands on the Budget, and improves transport and education.

Graham Smith

Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> Seriously though, if the government means tested the $50 back to school
> allowance, and also cut back on all "free travel to and from school" and
> made students pay, we'd get a lot more money FOR the public education
> system, instead of having it spent on subsidising school students'
> travelling expenses (in our case, full subsidisation). AND if they'd have
> enough brains they'd install ticket gates at all stations in Sydney so no
> school kid would be able to evade their fares.
>
> Could someone actually give some figures as to how much the government
could
> save? (i.e. anyone with a bit more knowledge of the last state government
> budget)
>
>
> "Mitch" <this.is.not.my@email.address.com> wrote in message
> WsjA4.49280$3b6.206401@ozemail.com.au">news:WsjA4.49280$3b6.206401@ozemail.com.au...
> > Lol! Choir practice...
> >
> >
> > "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com> wrote in
> > message 01bf8f28$d5c6c2a0$676e868b@tom-boles">news:01bf8f28$d5c6c2a0$676e868b@tom-boles...
> > | Town Hall. Those stupid retards that start whinging at you at the
ticket
> > gate
> > | for trying to use a school pass after 6.30, when its only 6.34 and
choir
> > | practice finished 4 minutes ago. (i go to school in the city)
> > |
> > | Mitch <this.is.not.my@email.address.com> wrote in article
> > | <hr0A4.48526$3b6.204355@ozemail.com.au>...
> > | > What station do you think has the worst station staff? and... which
> > single
> > | > staff member do you think is the worst?
> > | >
> > | > My pick: Hurstville
> > | > My staff member: "Mr Sumo". He was some fat guy who worked at
> > Hurstville. He
> > | > was big as hell, and scary. He not only abused passengers verbally
he
> > scared
> > | > them because he was so bloody huge. Let's just hope he was fired.
This
> > was 2
> > | > years ago [1998] and I haven't seen him since.
> > | >
> > | >
> > | >
> >
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